Bacillus subtilis

... 400 different bacteria. In science, bacteria like Escherichia coli or Bacillus subtilis are model organisms (with E. coli being the best studied organism in the world). Therefore ...

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... (penicillin G and streptomycin) on a gram positive bacteria (bacillus subtilis). I found that the strep. antibiotic was more effective than the penicillin as it ...

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thanks- yep checked out the resistance thing and does seem to be the case. it also seems that similarly the gerD.cwlB::neo strain has been modified to confer neomycin resistance. Thanks again :D kaja

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Just occurred to me that "spc" may stand for spectinomycin. Maybe the spoVM insertion has also been modified for antibiotic resistence as well? Would have to check that to be sure.

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Thanks so much- really was great help. :D Kaja.

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