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. 1975 Jan;29(1):1–6. doi: 10.1128/am.29.1.1-6.1975

Minimal Growth Requirements for Clostridium perfringens and Isolation of Auxotrophic Mutants

Madeleine Sebald 1, Ralph N Costilow 1,1
PMCID: PMC186899  PMID: 162964

Abstract

The minimal growth requirements for two strains of Clostridium perfringens were defined, and both synthetic and semisynthetic plating media were developed. Plate counts of the wild-type strains on both of these minimal media were equivalent to those on complex media. A number of auxotrophic mutants of each strain were isolated, and their phenotypes were defined.

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