TABLE 2.
Phenotype of morphological growth of predatory B. bacteriovorus strains and their saprophytic derivatives on agar plates
| Growth mediuma | Phenotype of B. bacteriovorus strainsb |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Predatory strains (HD100, HD100-S1) | Saprophytic strains (M1, M2, M11/Strep) | Axenic strains (M1.1, M2.1, M11.1, M11.2) | |
| Live bacteria | Plaques (no colonies) | Turbid plaques | Turbid plaques |
| Heat-killed bacteria | - | Colonies with lysis zones | Colonies with lysis zones |
| PYE | - | - | Colonies |
a
Either PYE alone or bacterial type on top of agar.
b
-, few colonies with different phenotypes (see text).