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Appl Environ Microbiol. 1968 November; 16(11): 1776-1778
Copyright © 1968 American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Response of the Mimeae to some Physical and Chemical Agents¹

Department of Plant Pathology and Bacteriology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506

ABSTRACT

Isolates of Mima polymorpha and Herellea vaginicola obtained from retail food products were investigated for their ability to hydrolyze proteins, starch, and lipids as well as for their ability to initiate growth under varying conditions of pH, sodium chloride concentration, and temperature. None of the isolates hydrolyzed starch and a few hydrolyzed proteins, whereas most were actively lipolytic. Members of each genus grew over the range 6 to 42 C; in general, H. vaginicola was more tolerant to high concentrations of sodium chloride and to acid conditions than was M. polymorpha.

² Present address: Biology Department, Bethany College, Bethany, W. Va. 26032.

¹ Published with the approval of the Director of the West Virginia University Agricultural Experiment Station as Scientific Paper no. 1022.