Resistance, germination, and permeability correlates of Bacillus megaterium spores successively divested of integument layers.
AUTOR(ES)
Koshikawa, T
RESUMO
A variant strain that produced spores lacking exosporium was isolated from a culture of Bacillus megaterium QM-B1551. Two additional spore morphotypes were obtained from the parent and variant strains by chemical removal of the complex of coat and outer membrane. Among the four morphotype spores, heat resistance did not correlate with total water content, wet density, refractive index, or dipicolinate or cation content, but did correlate with the volume ratio of protoplast to protoplast plus cortex. The divestment of integument layers exterior to the cortex had little influence on heat resistance. Moreover, the divestment did not change the response of either the parent or the variant spores to various germination-initiating agents, except for making the spores susceptible to germination by lysozyme. The primary permeability barrier to glucose for the intact parent and variant spores was found to be the outer membrane, whereas the barrier for the divested spores was the inner membrane.
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