Previous studies on the physiological aspects of violacein biosynthesis (DeMoss and Evans, 1959) suggested that only L-tryptophan would serve as the primary source of carbon for pigment formation by Chromobacterium violaceum. In view of the pigment structure suggested by Ballantine et al. (1958), 5-[3-(5-hydroxyindolyl)]-3-(3-isatinyl)-2-pyrrolone, it seemed advisable to de
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