Open AccessCharacteristics of Heavily Mucoid Bacterial Isolated from Fish Pen Slime
Author(s) -
T J Chai,
Robert E. Levin
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
applied microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0003-6919
DOI - 10.1128/am.30.3.450-455.1975
Subject(s) - fish <actinopterygii> , cytosine , biology , dna , microbiology and biotechnology , chemistry , fishery , biochemistry
Weakly gram-positive pleomorphic rods isolated from the slime on the storage pen surfaces of fishing trawlers were found to produce extensive capsular material and intensely mucoid colonies. The isolates studied produced highly pleomorphic club-shaped cells indicative of coryneforms. Their DNA base composition ranged from 64.2 to 68.2 mol% guanine plus cytosine on the basis of melting point determinations. Images
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