title: Occurrence of glutathione in bacteria.
abstract: Glutathione and soluble thiol content were examined in a broad spectrum of bacteria. Significant soluble thiol was present in all cases. The thiol compound was glutathione in most of the gram-negative bacteria but not in most of the gram-positive bacteria studied. Glutathione was absent in four anerobes and one microaerophile but was present in a blue-green bacterium. The glutathione content of Escherichia coli increased significantly during transition from exponential to stationary phase.
mesh_terms: D001406:Bacillaceae / Q000032:analysis; D001419:Bacteria / Q000032:analysis*; D003901:Desulfovibrio / Q000032:analysis; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000032:analysis; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000254:growth & development; D005978:Glutathione / Q000032:analysis*; D006088:Gram-Negative Aerobic Bacteria / Q000032:analysis; D008835:Micrococcaceae / Q000032:analysis; D013291:Streptococcus / Q000032:analysis; D013305:Streptomyces griseus / Q000032:analysis; D014737:Vibrionaceae / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D005978:Glutathione