AUXOTROPHIC MUTANTS OF MYCOBACTERIA DEPENDENT ON FATTY ACIDS DERIVED FROM THE PARENT STRAIN
- 1 December 1956
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Bacteriology
- Vol. 72 (6) , 813-815
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.72.6.813-815.1956
Abstract
Two mutants of a mycobacterium were isolated which are dependent for growth on fatty acids derived by solvent extraction from their parent strain. One of these mutants responds to tuberculostearic acid, the other to hexa-cosanoic acid.Keywords
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