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Characterization of Streptomyces scabies mutants deficient in melanin biosynthesis.
Canadian journal of microbiology - 1 Sept 2004
Beauséjour Julie, Beaulieu Carole
Abstract excerpt
Streptomyces scabies, a causal agent of common scab, produces both melanin and a secondary metabolite called thaxtomin A. To establish a possible relation between melanin and thaxtomin A production in S. scabies, we carried out N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (NTG) mutagenesis and isolated 11 melanin-negative mutants of S. scabies EF-35. These mutants were characterized for thaxtomin A production,...
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