FIG. 3.

Growth of B. subtilis strains in minimal medium containing glucose or mannose as the sugar (A) or in LB with varying concentrations of mannose (B). (A) B. subtilis CU1065 (squares) and yjdE (circles) and yjdD (triangles) mutant were grown in Tris-Spizizen salts minimal medium containing either glucose (open symbols) or mannose (filled symbols) as the sugar. (B) Effect of mannose on growth of the yjdE mutant. Cells were grown in LB (open squares) or LB with 1.4 μM (filled circles), 14 μM (triangles), 0.14 mM (diamonds), or 1.4 mM (filled squares) mannose. Growth of B. subtilis CU1065 (open circles) was unaffected by mannose addition, and all growth curves were essentially superimposable.