NUTRITIONAL CONTROL OF MORPHOGENESIS IN ARTHROBACTER CRYSTALLOPIETES.
Ensign, Jerald C. (University of Illinois, Urbana), and R. S. Wolfe. Nutritional control of morphogenesis in Arthrobacter crystallopoietes. J. Bacteriol. 87:924-932. 1964.-Arthrobacter crystallopoietes exhibits the cyclic, morphological variation which is a characteristic of this genus. A simple chemically defined medium was developed in which this organism is restricted to growth and division entirely in the coccoid form. Addition singly to this medium of l-arginine, l-phenylalanine, l-asparagine, l-lysine, succinate, malate, fumarate, lactate, or butyrate results in the formation of the rod-shaped stage. A large number of other compounds either increase, have no effect on, or inhibit growth without inducing morphological change in the organisms.
D000596:Amino Acids; D001120:Arginine; D001173:Arthrobacter; D001216:Asparagine; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D002087:Butyrates; D003124:Colorimetry; D003470:Culture Media; D005650:Fumarates; D007773:Lactates; D008239:Lysine; D008293:Malates; D008853:Microscopy; D008858:Microscopy, Phase-Contrast; D009024:Morphogenesis; D010649:Phenylalanine; D012106:Research; D013386:Succinates
D000596:Amino Acids; D002087:Butyrates; D003470:Culture Media; D005650:Fumarates; D007773:Lactates; D008293:Malates; D013386:Succinates; D010649:Phenylalanine; D001216:Asparagine; C030298:malic acid; D001120:Arginine; D008239:Lysine
AMINO ACIDS; ARTHROBACTER; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNICS; BUTYRATES; COLORIMETRY; CULTURE MEDIA; EXPERIMENTAL LAB STUDY; FUMARATES; LACTATES; MALATES; MICROSCOPY, PHASE CONTRAST; SUCCINATES