Open AccessUnusual bacteria from fungal material
Author(s) -
Chard Jane M.,
Walker Jane W.,
Kennedy Andrew F.D.,
Sutherland I.W.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
fems microbiology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1574-6968
pISSN - 0378-1097
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1987.tb02051.x
Subject(s) - bacteria , lactarius , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , botany , mycelium , microorganism , genetics
Studies on mycorrhizal fungi of the genera Lactarius and Laccaria revealed bacteria, apparently present within the tissue of the sporocarps. Culture of these bacteria indicated that the predominant strains were of unusual colonial morphology. 10 strains were chosen for further study; these could be grown on plates of nitrogen‐free medium for a number of subcultures, but did not fix nitrogen, using the acetylene reduction test. They produced copious amounts of extracellular polysaccharide of varying chemotypes.