Table 23 

 Utilization of carbon compounds by viomycin-produci ng streptomyces (Burkholder et al.) 



Table 24 

 The utilization of carbon and nitrogen sources by S. coelicolor (Cochrane and Conn) 



Carbon source* 



Relative 

 growth t 



Relative 

 pigment 

 intensityt 



Nitrogen source! 



Concentra- 

 tion ,gm I, 



Relative 



Relative 

 pigment 



^--thi i^i-;!^ 



None 



D-Glucose 



D-Mannose 



D-Galactose 



D-Fructose 



D-Xylose 



L-Sorbose 



L-Arabinose 



Starch 



Inulin 



Trehalose 



Cellobiose 



Maltose 



Lactose 



Sucrose 



Glycerol 



Mannitol 



Dulcitol 



Sorbitol 



Acetic acid 



Lactic acid 



Fumaric acid 



Succinic acid 



f//-Malic acid 



Tartaric acid 



Citric acid 



Gluconic acid 



17 



100 



202 



84 



79 



143 



26 



65 



107 



32 



90 



81 



62 



105 



34 



135 



82 



20 



27 



33 



60 



69 



47 



60 



20 



24 



82 







100 



200 



97 



96 



121 







46 



87 







38 



95 



43 



64 







170 



88 











33 



























25 



None 



L-Asparagine 



Glycine 



L-Leucine 



L-Tryptophan 



Crea 



XaXOa 



(XH4)2HP04 



Ammonium acetate 



Peptone 



Tryptone 



Casitone 



Pepticase 



Casamino acids 



Sodium caseinate 



Gelatin 



Egg albumin 



* Basal medium (gm/1) : asparagine, 0.5; yeast extract. 0.5; KjHPC^j , 0.5; MgS()4-7H:0. 0.25; and 

 minor elements. Carbon source 5 or 10 gm per liter. 



t Dry weight and pigment intensity of glucose control taken as 100. J 



J Basal medium (gm 1 1 : glucose. 10.0; yeast extract, 0.5; KjHPOj , 0.5; MgS04-7H20, 0.25; and ^ 

 minor elements. 



§ Df}- weight and pigment intensity of asparagine control taken at 100. 



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