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Isolation ofThiothrix in pure culture and observation of a filamentous epiphyte onThiothrix

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Thiothrix was isolated from two sites, one in Arizona and the other in Florida, although the former strain was subsequently lost. This is the first report of the isolation ofThiothrix in pure culture. The cells in aThiothrix bloom found in a stock tank had filamentous “appendages”, which proved to consist of a segmented, trichomatous, epiphytic bacterium.

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    John M. Larkin

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Larkin, J.M. Isolation ofThiothrix in pure culture and observation of a filamentous epiphyte onThiothrix . Current Microbiology 4, 155–158 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02602820

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