Metabolism

B. subtilis is a chemoheterotrophic organism. It uses glucose and ammonium/glutamine as preferred sources of carbon and nitrogen, respectively. The bacteria can grow on a minimal medium. It produces all cofactors.

A suite of models of B. subtilis metabolism can by found in SubtiPathways.

Metabolic flux analyses

Roelco J Kleijn, Joerg M Buescher, Ludovic Le Chat, Matthieu Jules, Stephane Aymerich, Uwe Sauer
Metabolic fluxes during strong carbon catabolite repression by malate in Bacillus subtilis.
J Biol Chem: 2010, 285(3);1587-96
[PubMed:19917605] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Minimal genome projects

Yusuke Azuma, Motonori Ota
An evaluation of minimal cellular functions to sustain a bacterial cell.
BMC Syst Biol: 2009, 3;111
[PubMed:19943949] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I e)