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WHILE culturing cells of Micrococcus lysodeikticus 1, white cells, resistant to lysozyme, were often produced in liquid media containing relatively high carbohydrate. Resistant cells remained Gram-positive and were not lysed by lysozyme in the presence of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid2. Optimal concentrations of cultural sodium chloride for growth improved the yellow colour of the organisms3. These observations suggested a relationship of the yellow pigment to the polysaccharide substrate of lysozyme.
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LITWACK, G., CARLUCCI, A. The Pigment of Micrococcus lysodeikticus . Nature 181, 904 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/181904a0
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