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. 1989 May;55(5):1317-9.
doi: 10.1128/aem.55.5.1317-1319.1989.

Synthetic Medium for Acetobacter xylinum That Can Be Used for Isolation of Auxotrophic Mutants and Study of Cellulose Biosynthesis

E R Forng  1 , S M Anderson, R E Cannon
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Synthetic Medium for Acetobacter xylinum That Can Be Used for Isolation of Auxotrophic Mutants and Study of Cellulose Biosynthesis

E R Forng et al. Appl Environ Microbiol. 1989 May.

Abstract

Acetobacter xylinum is a bacterium that can synthesize cellulose when grown in an undefined medium containing glucose. We developed a defined minimal medium for A. xylinum that contains 1% glucose, 0.1% NH(4)Cl, 0.115% citric acid, 0.33% Na(2)HPO(4), 0.01% KCl, 0.025% MgSO(4). 7H(2)O, and 7.5 mg of nicotinamide per liter which both allows cellulose synthesis and can be used to isolate a variety of auxotrophic mutants.

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