The Assimilation of Amino-acids by Bacteria: 2. The Action of Tyrocidin and some Detergent Substances in Releasing Amino-acids from the Internal Environment of Streptococcus faecalis
- 1 January 1947
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Microbiology Society in Journal of General Microbiology
- Vol. 1 (1) , 77-84
- https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-1-1-77
Abstract
Using the technique described in a previous paper the authors demonstrated by manometric methods, using free decarboxylases, that the action of Tyrocidin and the detergent Aerosol T is to alter the cell walls so that glutamic acid diffuses out from the internal environment.Keywords
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