Yeasts associated with dried-fruit beetles in figs.

A species of the bacterial genus Flavobacterium is capable of synthesizing a polysaccharide or mixture of polysaccharides when grown in a medium of a-conidendrin or vanillic acid as a sole carbon source. The polysaccharide hydrolysate consists of D-galactose, D-glucose, D-mannose, D-ribose and L-rhamnose as determined by paper chromatography. This organism has the unique characteristic of growing luxuriantly at the expense of the compounds a-conidendrin and vanillic acid, while little if any growth occurs when the conventional type carbon sources are employed. REFERENCES