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Genetic instability and strain degeneration in Streptomyces rimosus.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Jul 1993
Gravius B, Bezmalinović T, Hranueli D, Cullum J
Abstract excerpt
During a strain selection program to improve oxytetracycline production in Streptomyces rimosus R6, isolates that showed extreme morphological instability appeared. Propagation via spores gave much higher instability than did propagation via mycelial fragments. Five phenotypic traits were affected: sporulation, pigmentation, colony morphology, oxytetracycline production, and oxytetracycline resistance. The...
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