title: [Growth and spore germination factors of various strains of Bacillus sphaericus].
abstract: The work was aimed at studying the requirements of sixteen Bacillus sphaericus strains with a different larvicidal activity in amino acids and some other compounds necessary for their growth and spore germination. Most of the strains were found to require arginine, glutamate, methionine, threonine, serine, glycine, alanine and lysine, but they did not assimilate phenylalanine and proline. Arginine, methionine and glutamate were shown to be the most effective inductors of spore germination. Specific differences were detected in the requirements of virulent and avirulent strains. Glucose repressed both spore germination and spore formation.
authors: V V
authors: VV
authors: Shevtsov
authors: T M
authors: TM
authors: Petrova
authors: M P
authors: MP
authors: Khovrychev
authors: E V
authors: EV
authors: Letunova
authors: V V
authors: VV
authors: Shevtsov
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000737:chemistry; D001407:Bacillus / Q000502:physiology*; D013045:Species Specificity; D013171:Spores, Bacterial / Q000254:growth & development
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids
vernacular_title: Faktory rosta i prorastaniia spor razlichnykh shtammov Bacillus sphaericus.