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The growth of threeFrankia strains (HFPCcl3, ORS021001, ORS020607), isolated from nodules ofCasuarina, was unaffected by 5–15 μmol/L quercetin. Re-isolation ofFrankia strain HFPCc13 fromCasuarina root nodules was carried out with the addition of 15 μmol/L quercetin to three different media. The flavonoid significantly reduced fungal contaminants in the isolation plates and increased the number ofFrankia colonies per plate compared to controls without the flavonoid.
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Sayed, W.F., Wheeler, C.T. Effect of the flavonoid quercetin on culture and isolation ofFrankia fromCasuarina root nodules. Folia Microbiol 44, 59–62 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02816223
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