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. 1970 Sep;119(2):171-4.
doi: 10.1042/bj1190171.

Growth of myxameobae of the cellular slime mould Dictyostelium discoideum in axenic culture

D J Watts, J M Ashworth

Growth of myxameobae of the cellular slime mould Dictyostelium discoideum in axenic culture

D J Watts et al. Biochem J. 1970 Sep.

Abstract

1. A simple axenic medium suitable for the growth of the myxamoebae of a strain of the cellular slime mould Dictyostelium discoideum is described. 2. Procedures suitable for the growth of this strain in liquid and on solid media are described. 3. Conditions suitable for initiating the cell differentiation of myxamoebae grown axenically are described.

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