Article
Characterization of form variants of Xenorhabdus luminescens.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Jun 1992
Gerritsen L J, de Raay G, Smits P H
Abstract excerpt
From Xenorhabdus luminescens XE-87.3 four variants were isolated. One, which produced a red pigment and antibiotics, was luminescent, and could take up dye from culture media, was considered the primary form (XE-red). A pink-pigmented variant (XE-pink) differed from the primary form only in pigmentation and uptake of dye. Of the two other variants, one produced a yellow pigment and fewer antibiotics (XE-yellow),...
Topics
- Animals
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Bacterial Proteins
- DNA Fingerprinting
- DNA, Bacterial
- Enterobacteriaceae
- Genetic Variation
- Luminescence
- Nematoda
- Pigments, Biological
- Symbiosis