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A stable L‐form variant of a Rhodococcus strain (B 245)
Author(s) -
Das T. K.,
Banerjee A. K.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of basic microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.58
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1521-4028
pISSN - 0233-111X
DOI - 10.1002/jobm.3620250302
Subject(s) - rhodococcus , bacteria , strain (injury) , pigment , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , orange (colour) , antibiotics , cell wall , actinomycetales , genus , chemistry , botany , biochemistry , food science , streptomyces , genetics , organic chemistry , anatomy
A stable L‐form variant was isolated from a soil‐inhabiting, orange red‐pigment coryneform bacterium belonging to the genus Rhodococcus. The variant differed from the parental strain in colony and cell morphology, in growth rate and obligatory requirement of B‐vitamins and amino acids, in temperature sensitivity, in susceptibility to antibiotics affecting cell wall synthesis, and in the inability to utilize hydrocarbons as sole carbon sources for growth.