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. 1978 Mar;133(3):1126–1129. doi: 10.1128/jb.133.3.1126-1129.1978

Occurrence of glutathione in bacteria.

R C Fahey, W C Brown, W B Adams, M B Worsham
PMCID: PMC222142  PMID: 417060

Abstract

Glutathione and soluble thiol content were examined in a broad spectrum of bacteria. Significant soluble thiol was present in all cases. The thiol compound was glutathione in most of the gram-negative bacteria but not in most of the gram-positive bacteria studied. Glutathione was absent in four anerobes and one microaerophile but was present in a blue-green bacterium. The glutathione content of Escherichia coli increased significantly during transition from exponential to stationary phase.

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