Metabolism
B. subtilis is a chemoheterotrophic organism. It uses glucose and ammonium/glutamine as preferred sources of carbon and nitrogen, respectively. The bacteria can grow on a minimal medium. It produces all cofactors.
A suite of models of B. subtilis metabolism can by found in SubtiPathways.
Contents
Models of metabolism
Metabolic flux analyses
Minimal genome projects
Yusuke Azuma, Motonori Ota
An evaluation of minimal cellular functions to sustain a bacterial cell.
BMC Syst Biol: 2009, 3;111
[PubMed:19943949]
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Reviews
Relevant papers on other organisms
