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NOTHING is known of the metabolic function of diamines, such as putrescine and cadaverine, in spite of their widespread occurrence in Nature. Putrescine has been reported as a growth factor for certain strains of Haemophilus parainfluenzae 1 and of Neisseria perflava 2. There appears to be no report of a fungus requiring it.
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SNEATH, P. Putrescine as an Essential Growth Factor for a Mutant of Aspergillus nidulans . Nature 175, 818 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1038/175818a0
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