DIVERSITY WITHIN A COLONY MORPHOTYPE - IMPLICATIONS FOR ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

被引:32
作者
HALDEMAN, DL [1 ]
AMY, PS [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV NEVADA,DEPT BIOL SCI,LAS VEGAS,NV 89154
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D O I
10.1128/AEM.59.3.933-935.1993
中图分类号
Q81 [生物工程学(生物技术)]; Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 0836 ; 090102 ; 100705 ;
摘要
Sets of bacterial isolates with the same colony morphologies were selected from spread plates of bacteria from deep subsurface rock samples; each set had a unique morphology. API-rapid-NFT analysis revealed that isolates within a set were the same. Fatty acid methyl ester analysis of one set of isolates clustered organisms within the same species, defining variation between isolates at the biotype (subspecies) and strain levels. Metal resistances consistently tracked with colony morphology, while antibiotic resistances were less reliable.
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页码:933 / 935
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