Simplified Method for Producing Pyocins from <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i>

Lois Faye Jones, Barbara Pinto, Evan T. Thomas, J. J. Farmer

Applied Microbiology · 1973 · 19 citations · 6 references

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Good yields of pyocin are obtained when Pseudomonas aeruginosa is grown in Trypticase soy broth (without glucose) (BBL) plus 1% potassium nitrate. As a result, pyocin production for routine epidemiological typing can be done in screw-cap tubes, without mechanical agitation or mitomycin C induction.

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