Stimulation of the onset of sporulation of Clostridium perfringens type A by netropsin and distamycin.
The basic peptide antibiotics, netropsin and distamycin, previously shown to inhibit sporulation of Bacillus subtilis, stimulated low levels of sporulation of Clostridium perfringens strain NCTC 8798 at concentrations of 1.0 and 0.1 microgram/ml respectively. Most sporulating cells produced in the presence of the antibiotics were defective. These were blocked at Stage III of sporulation, and many possessed forespores exterior to the sporangium. The same antibiotics could also inhibit the caffeine-induced stimulation of sporulation of this strain.
Department of Food Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 01003.
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D003016:Clostridium perfringens / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004214:Distamycins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006358:Hot Temperature; D007700:Kinetics; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009429:Netropsin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013171:Spores, Bacterial
D004214:Distamycins; D009429:Netropsin