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. 1993 Nov;59(11):3981–3983. doi: 10.1128/aem.59.11.3981-3983.1993

Effect of Phosphate Concentration on Production of Tetrodotoxin by Alteromonas tetraodonis

Susan Gallacher 1,†, T H Birkbeck 1,*
PMCID: PMC182564  PMID: 8285702

Abstract

Tetrodotoxin production by Alteromonas tetraodonis occurred during the stationary phase of growth and was regulated by phosphate concentration; toxin production was repressed if phosphate was added at the onset of stationary phase and was over 100-fold greater in phosphate-limited cultures than in cultures in which phosphate was not limiting.

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