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Unusual toxicity of riboflavin and flavin mononucleotide forCardiobacterium hominis

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The chemical composition of a completely defined culture medium for the growth of strains ofCardiobacterium hominis is described.

Riboflavin and flavin mononucleotide at low concentrations completely inhibit the growth response ofC. hominis. Only leucine, among a wide variety of substrates tested, prevents this toxicity over a range of riboflavin or flavin mononucleotide levels.

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  1. Laboratory of Bacteriology, St. Jude Hospital, and Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

    I. J. Slotnick & Mary Dougherty

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Slotnick, I.J., Dougherty, M. Unusual toxicity of riboflavin and flavin mononucleotide forCardiobacterium hominis . Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 31, 355–360 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02045915

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