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R. meliloti strains 107-1, 111 and 152 were adapted to D-methionine in three ways: a) consecutive transfer in the presence of increasing amounts of D-methionine, b) alternate transfer between D- and L-methionine-containing media followed by final cultivation in the presence of each isomer, c) alternate transfer between D-methionine and medium 79 followed by cultivation in medium 79 or in D-methionine-medium. At the end of the experiment efficiency of the strains was ascertained by a plant test.
Strain 111 lost efficiency when it was adapted consecutively to 0.125% D-methionine or alternated between D-methionine and either L-methionine or medium 79-Strain 107-1 sucessively adapted to D-methionine lost efficiency within 16 weeks. On adaptation to D-methionine alternated with L-methionine, efficiency was retained in L-methionine medium and lost in D-methionine medium. On alternate adaptation between D-methionine and medium 79, strain 107-1 lost efficiency in the D-methionine-medium but not in medium 79. Efficiency of strain 152 was lost by adaptation to 0.125% D-methionine, but it was maintained on the alternate adaptation between D-methionine and L-methionine or medium 79.
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Hamdi, Y.A. Effect of the interrupted adaptation to D-methionine on the efficiency of Rhizobium meliloti strains. Archiv. Mikrobiol. 63, 227–231 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00412839
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