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The Inhibitory Effect of Arginine on Growth of Some Mycoplasmas
Author(s) -
LEACH R. H.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
journal of applied bacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.889
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1365-2672
pISSN - 0021-8847
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1976.tb00628.x
Subject(s) - arginine , inhibitory postsynaptic potential , mycoplasma , agar , microbiology and biotechnology , minimum inhibitory concentration , chemistry , subspecies , biology , biochemistry , chromatography , bacteria , amino acid , antibiotics , endocrinology , zoology , genetics
Arginine was inhibitory to many mycoplasmas and, at the commonly‐used concentration of 10 g/l in broth, growth of 15 of the 41 species and subspecies tested was completely inhibited. The inhibitory effect of arginine was less pronounced in agar media. It is recommended that arginine broth for routine mycoplasma investigations should have a reduced arginine concentration of only 2 g/l.