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Isolation and characterization of a Nocardia-like soil-bacterium, growing on carboxanilide fungicides

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  1. 1.

    A nocardia-like bacterium, isolated from an o-toluanilide soil enrichment culture, is able to use the systemic fungicides o-toluanilide, o-iodobenzanilide, 2,5-dimethyl-furan-3-carboxanilide, carboxin (5,6-dihydro-2-methyl-1,4 oxathiin-3-carboxanilide) and oxycarboxin (5,6-dihydro-2-methyl-1,4-oxathiin-3-carboxanilide-4,4-dioxide) as sole sources of carbon and nitrogen.

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    Growth is also observed in a mineral-salts medium with aniline, acetanilide, IPC (isopropyl-N-phenylcarbamate), phenol, paraffin and other carbon sources.

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    The bacterium, preliminarily designated A 1, is characterized by growth tests and biochemical tests.

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Abbreviations

OTA:

o-toluanilide

FCA:

2,5-dimethyl-furan-3-carboxanilide

carboxin:

5,6-dihydro-2-methyl-1,4-oxathiin-3-carboxanilide

oxycarboxin:

5,6-dihydro-2-methyl-1,4-oxathiin-3-carboxanilide-4,4-dioxide

IPC:

isopropyl-N-phenylcarbamate

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    R. Bachofer, O. Oltmanns & F. Lingens

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Bachofer, R., Oltmanns, O. & Lingens, F. Isolation and characterization of a Nocardia-like soil-bacterium, growing on carboxanilide fungicides. Archiv. Mikrobiol. 90, 141–149 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00414516

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