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The morphological and physiological properties of a new blue pigments producing bacterium,Arthrobacter polychromogenes nov. spec. are described. One of the pigments is identical with the water-insoluble indigoidine, the other pigments are water-soluble.
The newArthrobacter did not fit very well into the determinative key of the genus, prepared by Lochhead, because citrate is assimilated, but inorganic nitrogen only after addition of biotin.
A bacteriophage ofArthrobacter polychromogenes has been isolated, some characteristics of which are described.
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Schippers-Lammertse, A.F., Muijsers, A.O. & Klatser-Oedekerk, K.B. Arthrobacter polychromogenes nov.spec., its pigments, and a bacteriophage of this species. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 29, 1–15 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02046033
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