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Relationships between colony morphotypes and oil tolerance in Rhodococcus rhodochrous
N Iwabuchi1, M Sunairi, H Anzai
1Marine Biotechnology Institute, Kamaishi Laboratories, Heita, Kamaishi, Iwate 026-0001, Japan.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
|October 31, 2000
Abstract:
A mucoidal strain of Rhodococcus rhodochrous was resistant to 10% (vol/vol) n-hexadecane, while its rough derivatives were sensitive. When the extracellular polysaccharide (EPS) produced by the mucoidal strain was added to cultures of the rough strains, the rough strains gained resistance to n-hexadecane. Thus, EPS confer tolerance to n-hexadecane in members of the genus Rhodococcus.