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Dynamics of growth of atypical mycobacteria in different liquid cultivation media

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The dynamics of growth ofMycobacterium smegmatis, M. fortuitum andM. phlei in liquid media used also for cultivation of typical mycobacteria (Sauton, Youmans, Kirchner, Šula) was compared with that in Davis and Merrill media. In the Merrill medium glucose (as the only organic component) was replaced with another carbon source and the effect of this modification was investigated. The results obtained show that the Merrill medium, its modification in particular, is suitable for cultivation ofM. smegmatis andM. fortuitum. 2-Oxoglutarate and succinate are important as the sole carbon sources in the case ofM. fortuitum andM. phlei respectively.

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  1. Research Institute of Preventive Medicine, Centre of Epidemiology and Microbiology, 809 58, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia

    V. Majtán

  2. Department of Technical Microbiology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Chemical Technology, Slovak Technical University, Bratislava

    L’. Drobnica

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Majtán, V., Drobnica, L. Dynamics of growth of atypical mycobacteria in different liquid cultivation media. Folia Microbiol 25, 347–353 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02876618

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