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1Regional Medical Research Centre, Indian Council of Medical Research, PO Sainik School, Bhubaneswar.
Journal of General Microbiology
|October 1, 1989
Abstract:
Syntrophism (cross-feeding) could be demonstrated between mutants of Mycobacterium fortuitum and Mycobacterium smegmatis, and previously characterized mutants of Bacillus subtilis, auxotrophic for arginine, histidine, lysine or phenylalanine. Based on this cross-feeding data, the possible site of blockage in the biosynthetic pathways of the mutants could be inferred.