Article
[Production of biologically active compounds by S, R and M forms of Mycobacterium lacticolum on a medium with n-hexadecane].
Mikrobiologiia - 1 Jan 2000
Mil'ko E S, Egorov N S, Ugarova N N, Revenko A A
Abstract excerpt
The rate of growth and production of exopolysaccharides, vitamin B2 and cetyl alcohol by different clones of S, R and M variants of Mycobacterium lacticolum 104 was studied on a medium containing n-hexadecane. A constant correlation was found to exist between the shape of the colony and the physiologo-biochemical characteristics of the bacterium. The cells of R variant had the highest growth rate, the cells of M...
Topics
- Alkanes
- Culture Media
- Fatty Alcohols
- Flavins
- Genetic Variation
- Mycobacterium
- Polysaccharides, Bacterial
- Riboflavin
