Variations in properties of Nocardia asteroides resulting from growth in the cell wall-deficient state

Publisher Website
Google Scholar
Abstract
Several revertants possessing a cell wall were obtained from L-forms of N. asteroides 10905. These L-form revertants differed from the parent with respect to colonial and cellular morphology, pigmentation, metabolic capacities, cell wall structure and mycolic acid composition. These data suggest a possible mechanism for the taxonomic heterogeneity and phenotypic diversity observed among N. asteroides strains.