Table XI. The frequency of positive sugar fermentation markers
appearing in the tested recombinant colonies of the different recombination
methods.

 

 

NUMBER OF POSITIVE MARKERS

 

METHOD
Maltose lactose arabinose mannitol xylose

Colony

"L form" 66 58 50 17 16

Normal 72 64 52 18 10
Standard

Non-centrifuged 100 89 68 17 12

Centrifuged 75 62 56 13 12
"Protoplast"

Non-centrifuged 4 3 4 1 1

Centrifuged 1 1 1 0 0

TOTAL 318 277 231 66 51