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PURINE and pyrimidine derivatives have been shown to be growth stimulators for a number of organisms; uracil has been shown necessary for L. arabinosus and Leuconostic mesenteroides1, and the anaerobic growth of Staph. aureus2, thymine for S. Lactis1, adenine for L. arab., L. pentosus1, and adenine and guanine for L. plantarum3. Adenine, guanine, uracil and xanthine have been included in media for the growth of L. casei4,5, and Feeney and Strong6 have shown adenine and guanine to be stimulatory for L. casei E. under certain conditions.
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CHATTAWAY, F. Growth Stimulation of L. casei E. by Pyrimidines. Nature 153, 250–251 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/153250b0
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