Genetic aspects of bacterial endospore formation.

Abstract

Sporulation Loci in B. subtilis 168 ............................................ 914 Frequency of Mutation in Different Loci of B. subtUi 168 .... ................. 919 Fine Structure Mapping of wpe Loci .......................................... 919 Sporulation Loci in Other Species of Endospore Formers ..... ................. 919 INITIATION OF SPORE FORMATION .......... .............................. 919 Possible Effectors ......... ........................................... 920 Metabolites that repress sporulation ....................................... 920 Compounds that appear at the initiation of sporulation ..... ................. 921 Glutamine synthetase ..................................................... 922 Relationship to DNA Replication and the Cell Division Cycle .... ............... 922