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Science 31 August 1962:
Vol. 137. no. 3531, p. 674
DOI: 10.1126/science.137.3531.674
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Occurrence of a Porphyrin Pigment in Streptomycetes

Vladimir Musilek 1

1 Institute of Microbiology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey

The formation of an intramycelial red pigment of coproporphyrin type in submerged cultures of Streptomyces griseus and S. fradiae was detected. Its production is more intensive in the variants of S. griseus Z38 that give a low yield of streptomycin, and in the absence of Fe++ in fermentation media.

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