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. 1976 Dec;128(3):851–852. doi: 10.1128/jb.128.3.851-852.1976

Detection, with the dye phloxine B, of yeast mutants unable to utilize nitrogenous substances as the sole nitrogen source.

W J Middelhoven, B Broekhuizen, J van Eijk
PMCID: PMC232777  PMID: 791937

Abstract

Yeast mutants unable to degrade certain nitrogen compounds produce characteristic small red colonies on an agar medium containing the red dye phloxine B, galactose, the test nitrogen compound, and a small amount of ammonium chloride.

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