What is it about?
This preprint describes the growth of the environmental bacterium, Pseudonomas protegens Pf-5, in a growth medium without supplementation of vitamins and growth factors. The bacterial cells subsist on a mixture of glucose, ammonium chloride and salts, which highlights that the cells could synthesize all cellular building blocks using simple nutrients.
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Why is it important?
By demonstrating the ability of Pseudomonas protegens Pf-5 to grow in medium without added vitamins and growth factors, the growth advantage inherent in the species compared to others requiring supplementation of vitamins and growth factors for growth was illustrated.
Perspectives
This work reveals the full biosynthetic repertoire that Pseudomonas protegens Pf-5 possess, and the growth advantage that it has over other species in nutrient-poor environment.
Wenfa Ng
National University of Singapore
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This page is a summary of: Growth of Pseudomonas protegens Pf-5 in M9 minimal salts medium, June 2018, PeerJ,
DOI: 10.7287/peerj.preprints.26970v1.
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