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Slide cultures ofHyphomicrobium T37 were observed microscopically. The organism behaved as classicalHyphomicrobium by budding from a polar hypha, and asPedomicrobium when irregular colonies were produced by three processes: production of several hyphae from the cell, branching of hyphae, and sessile budding. The criteria for delimiting the genusPedomicrobium are discussed in the light of these facts.
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Bauld, J., Tyler, P.A. Taxonomic implications of reproductive mechanisms ofHyphomicrobium-facies andPedomicrobium-facies of a pleomorphic budding bacterium. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 37, 417–424 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02218512
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