The growth of
Escherichia coli mutant No. 229, which requires
d-pantothenic acid, was found to be promoted by a high concentration of synthesized N-
dl-mevalonoyl-β-alanine in a medium not containing pantothenic acid. In
E. coli mutant No. 3020, requiring
d-pantothenic lactone, its growth was strongly promoted by pantothenic acid than by its lactone, which could both be replaced by synthesized N-
dl-mevalonoyl-β-alanine or
dl-mevalonic lactone.
E. coli mutant No. 229, cultured in a medium containing a high concentration of mevalonoyl-β-alanine, and
E. coli mutant No. 3020, cultured in a medium containing a high concentration of mevalonic lactone or mevalonoyl-β-alanine, did not revert to their original strain,
E. coli o-20. In the
E. coli mutant No. 229, antagonism of mevalonoyl-β-alanine against pantothenic acid in the medium containing the latter was not observed. Similarly, in
E. coli mutant No. 3020, antagonism of mevalonoyl-β-alanine against pantothenic lactone was not observed in a medium containing the latter lactone.
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