Production and characteristics of the exocellular polysaccharide of a mutant Mycobacterium strain.

doi:10.1007/BF02821408

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Production and characteristics of the exocellular polysaccharide of a mutant Mycobacterium strain.

Folia microbiologica - 1 Jan 1990

Konícek J, Daraselia G Y, Konícková-Radochová M, Lasík J, Wurst M, Koza T

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Mutant strains of Mycobacterium sp. V-649 producing highly mucous colonies on a solid cultivation medium were prepared after treatment with N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine and production of the exocellular polysaccharide was tested. The strains were cultivated in media with suitable sugar so...

Topics

Chromatography, Gas
Culture Media
Mutation
Mycobacterium
Polysaccharides, Bacterial

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