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A Note on a Selective Isolation Medium for the Thermophilic Actinomycete Thermomonospora chromogena
Author(s) -
McCARTHY A. J.,
CROSS T.
Publication year - 1981
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.1365-2672.1981.tb01245.x
Subject(s) - thermophile , kanamycin , agar , isolation (microbiology) , microbiology and biotechnology , mushroom , agar plate , compost , chemistry , bacteria , food science , biology , antibiotics , agronomy , genetics
Thermomonospora chromogena was isolated from mushroom compost by spreading diluted suspensions on an agar medium containing kanamycin at 25 µg/ml. The antibiotic prevented the growth of other thermophilic actinomycetes on media incubated at 50°C and significantly reduced the growth of associated bacteria.