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. 1979 Nov;38(5):818–820. doi: 10.1128/aem.38.5.818-820.1979

Nutritional Requirements of Microbacterium thermosphactum

Frederick H Grau 1
PMCID: PMC243592  PMID: 16345460

Abstract

Microbacterium thermosphactum requires cysteine, α-lipoate, nicotinate, pantothenate, p-aminobenzoate, biotin, and thiamin for aerobic growth in glucose-mineral salts medium. Glucose cannot be replaced by Casamino Acids or acids of the tricarboxylic acid cycle as sole carbon and energy sources. The organism can also grow anaerobically in the minimal synthetic medium.

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