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. 1968 Feb;16(2):412–416. doi: 10.1128/am.16.2.412-416.1968

Nitrite-induced Germination of Putrefactive Anaerobe 3679h Spores1

Charles L Duncan 1,2, E M Foster 1
PMCID: PMC547419  PMID: 5645424

Abstract

Sodium nitrite alone has been shown to stimulate germination of PA 3679h spores. The process was accelerated by using increased concentrations of sodium nitrite, a low pH, and a high temperature of incubation. At low concentrations of nitrite (0.01 to 0.2%), the delay of 36 to 48 hr occurred before germination commenced at 37 C. However, with 3.45% nitrite at 45 C and pH 6.0, most of the spores germinated within 1 hr. At pH 7.0, the germination rate decreased markedly, and at pH 8.0 it was nil. The greatest acceleration in germination rate occurred near 60 C. Hydroxylamine was completely inhibitory to nitrite-induced germination. Sodium nitrite, in turn, inhibited germination by l-alanine, the degree of inhibition being influenced by nitrite concentration and pH.

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