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WE recently published a report on the growth stimulation of Microbacterium sp. by ‘iron transport factors’ such as ferrichrome, coprogen and the terregens factor1. These factors acted by decreasing the duration of the lag-phase of growth and were by no means essential. The culture resembled M. lacticum more closely than M. flavum, but possessed characteristics of both species. We felt it of interest to determine whether authentic species of Microbacterium were also stimulated by such factors.
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HENDLIN, D., DEMAIN, A. An Absolute Requirement for ‘Iron Transport Factors’ by Microbacterium lacticum 8181. Nature 184, 1894 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/1841894a0
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