title: Biochemical properties of Clostridium bifermentans spores.
abstract: As previously found for spores of Bacillus species, dormant spores of Clostridium bifermentans contained essentially no adenosine triphosphate, a high level of adenosine monophosphate, a high level of 3-phosphoglyceric acid, and much transfer ribonucleic acid lacking a 3'-terminal adenosine monophosphate residue. As in spores of Bacillus species, germination of C. bifermentans spores was accompanied by utilization of the 3-phosphoglyceric acid, a large increase in the adenosine triphosphate level, and the disappearance of defective transfer ribonucleic acid. In contrast to spores of Bacillus species, dormant spores of C. bifermentans contained little free amino acid.
mesh_terms: D000227:Adenine Nucleotides / Q000032:analysis; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis; D001409:Bacillus cereus / Q000032:analysis; D001410:Bacillus megaterium / Q000032:analysis; D003013:Clostridium / Q000032:analysis* / Q000254:growth & development; D005994:Glycerophosphates / Q000032:analysis; D010728:Phosphoenolpyruvate / Q000032:analysis; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000032:analysis; D013045:Species Specificity; D013171:Spores, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis / Q000254:growth & development
chemical_list: D000227:Adenine Nucleotides; D000596:Amino Acids; D005994:Glycerophosphates; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D010728:Phosphoenolpyruvate; D012343:RNA, Transfer