title: Incorporation of Specific Fatty Acid Precursors During Spore Germination and Outgrowth in Bacillus thuringiensis.
abstract: The selective incorporation of precursors specific for individual fatty acids in germinating and outgrowing spores of Bacillus thuringiensis is described. The specific precursors utilized were [C]butyrate, -isobutyrate, -valerate, and -isovalerate, which were incorporated into even-numbered normal-chain isomers, even-numbered iso-isomers, odd-numbered normal-chain acids, and odd-numbered isohomologs, respectively. This preferential incorporation by B. thuringiensis allows the terminal carbons of specific normal and branched-chain fatty acids, contained within the cytoplasmic membrane, to be labeled with C and, potentially, C.
authors.affiliation: School of Life Sciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588.
authors.forename: K W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Nickerson
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Bulla