A Technique for Predicting the Solvent-Producing Ability of Clostridium acetobutylicum
AUTOR(ES)
Adler, Howard I.
RESUMO
Changes in colony morphology were associated with the degeneration of solvent-producing strains of Clostridium acetobutylicum. The most efficient solvent-producing strains gave rise exclusively to colonies with dense centers containing large numbers of spores. Many outgrowths of various morphologies developed from the perimeter of such colonies after several days of incubation. The most degenerate cultures did not produce solvents and gave rise to large diffuse colonies that did not contain spores. These diffuse colonies did not produce outgrowths. Intermediate colony types were also observed. These could be derived from liquid cultures that were relatively poor solvent producers or from the outgrowths of colonies of efficient solvent-producing strains. Some of these intermediate types produced spores but did so less frequently than the high-solvent-producing strains. The spores of the intermediate types could not be distinguished from those of the most efficient solvent producers on the basis of heat sensitivity. The relationship observed between colony morphology and solvent production provides a method for predicting the solvent-producing potential of C. acetobutylicum cultures.
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