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Slime Production by Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Author(s) -
Murakawa Takeo
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
japanese journal of microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.664
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1348-0421
pISSN - 0021-5139
DOI - 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1973.tb00773.x
Subject(s) - alginic acid , pseudomonas aeruginosa , agar , strain (injury) , microbiology and biotechnology , chemistry , agar plate , pseudomonas , bacteria , biology , food science , biochemistry , genetics , anatomy
Two samples of slime obtained from Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains, IFO 3445 and No. 24, the latter which produced mucoid colonies on brain heart infusion agar as well as on the synthetic agar medium, were investigated for their physicochemical properties, primarily for their viscosities. Results obtained indicated that the principal component of the slime from strain IFO 3445 might be a deoxyribonucleic acid‐like substance, while the slime from the mucoid strain No. 24 might be an alginic acid‐like substance.