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Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Year: 2003 | Volume: 6 | Issue: 11 | Page No.: 963-967
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2003.963.967
Studies on the Growth, Culture Behavior and Infectivity of two Frankia Strains UFECeI5 and LLR43 Grown in Medium Containing Antibiotic Substances
Samira R. Mansour

Abstract: Antibiotics Penicillin G and Rifamycin were screened for their effect on morphology, growth and infectivity of two Frankia strains CeI5 and R43. Rifamycin at concentration 10µg ml-1 was found to produce morphological changes and alternation in infectivity of Frankia strain R43. Penicillin G showed no effect at the same concentration and had inhibitory effect at higher concentrations as Rifamycin.

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Samira R. Mansour , 2003. Studies on the Growth, Culture Behavior and Infectivity of two Frankia Strains UFECeI5 and LLR43 Grown in Medium Containing Antibiotic Substances. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 6: 963-967.

Keywords: Frankia, actinorhizal plants, antibiotic and infectivity

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