Physiological and biochemical changes accompanying the loss of mucoidy by Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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Physiological and biochemical changes accompanying the loss of mucoidy by Pseudornonas aeruginosa Steven
Department of Biochemistry, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK Pseudomonas aeruginosa M60, a mucoid strain, was grown in continuous culture (D 0.05 h-l) under ammonia limitation with glucose as the carbon source. Steady-state alginate production occurred for only 1-2 d under these conditions [qalginate 0.097 g alginate h-l (g dry wt cells)-1], after which t ime the percentage of muc...
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عنوان ژورنال: Microbiology
سال: 1996
ISSN: 1350-0872,1465-2080
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-142-4-881