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. 1972 Dec;24(6):995–996. doi: 10.1128/am.24.6.995-996.1972

Mutagenesis and Enrichment of Auxotrophs in Penicillium chrysogenum1

Prakash S Masurekar a, Marc P Kahgan a, Arnold L Demain a
PMCID: PMC380710  PMID: 4346628

Abstract

An efficient method for isolation of auxotrophs of Penicillium chyrysogenum involving mutagenesis with ethyl methanesulfonate followed by enrichment with sodium pentachlorophenate was developed. The auxotroph frequencies obtained were 30 to 40%.

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