| a bacterium capable of using phytol as its sole carbon source, isolated from algal sediment of mud lake, florida. | a species of flavobacterium that consistently attacks pure phytol and can use it as a sole source of carbon has been isolated from the blue-green algal sediment of mud lake, florida. biochemical tests demonstrate that this bacterium also readily uses various other organic compounds. this bacterium may account for the degradation products of chlorophyll and its side chain phytol, which have been found in the mud lake algal sediment. phytol and its degradation products play a role in refsum's dise ... | 1969 | 5259762 |