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IN a previous paper1 indirect adaptation to D-arabinose induced by L-rhamnose in some D-arabinose negative strains of Escherichia coli has been reported. These strains when grown on L-rhamnose, metabolize D-arabinose and utilize it for growth. This effect is not due to selection of mutants but to enzymic adaptation: induction of D-arabinose isomerase by L-rhamnose has been demonstrated.
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FRONTALI, L., TECCE, G. Enzymic Conversion of L-Rhamnulose to L-Fuculose in Escherichia coli . Nature 184, 1315 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/1841315a0
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