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WHILE investigating products in cultures of a strain of Bacillus subtilis, we obtained a crystalline substance which sublimed very easily even at ordinary temperature and had the characteristic smell of fermented soybean.
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KOSUGE, T., KAMIYA, H. Discovery of a Pyrazine in a Natural Product : Tetramethylpyrazine from Cultures of a Strain of Bacillus subtilis. Nature 193, 776 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/193776a0
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