Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

ACETIC ACID OXIDATION BY ESCHERICHIA COLI AND AEROBACTER AEROGENES

ACETIC ACID OXIDATION BY ESCHERICHIA COLI AND AEROBACTER AEROGENES CONTENT ALERTS Receive: RSS Feeds, eTOCs, free email alerts (when new articles cite this article), more» Information about commercial reprint orders: http://jb.asm.org/site/misc/reprints.xhtml To subscribe to to another ASM Journal go to: http://journals.asm.org/site/subscriptions/ SAMUEL J. AJL Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri Received for publication January 10, 1950 Evidence against the occurrence of the Krebs oxidation cycle in bacterial respiration has been steadily accumulating. Escherichia coli and many other bacteria do not readily metabolize the three tricarboxylic acids. Aerobacter aerogenes will not readily attack citrate when measured manometrically unless the organism is grown in the presence of this acid as the sole source of carbon. Recently Lenti (1946) was able to show inhibition of succinic acid oxidation in E. coli by malonate, but the oxidation of pyruvate was not affected. Karlsson and Barker (1948) obtained evidence against the tricarboxylic acid cycle in Azotobacter agilis. There is, therefore, little support for the assumption that the cycle occurs in those bacteria whose intermediary metabolism has been studied in detail. On the other hand, many bacteria, including E. coli and A. aerogenes, oxidize succinate, fumarate, and malate, and reduce anaerobically oxalacetate to succinate, and this http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Bacteriology American Society For Microbiology

ACETIC ACID OXIDATION BY ESCHERICHIA COLI AND AEROBACTER AEROGENES

Journal of Bacteriology , Volume volume 59 (issue 4) – Apr 1, 1950

ACETIC ACID OXIDATION BY ESCHERICHIA COLI AND AEROBACTER AEROGENES

Journal of Bacteriology , Volume volume 59 (issue 4) – Apr 1, 1950

Abstract

CONTENT ALERTS Receive: RSS Feeds, eTOCs, free email alerts (when new articles cite this article), more» Information about commercial reprint orders: http://jb.asm.org/site/misc/reprints.xhtml To subscribe to to another ASM Journal go to: http://journals.asm.org/site/subscriptions/ SAMUEL J. AJL Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri Received for publication January 10, 1950 Evidence against the occurrence of the Krebs oxidation cycle in bacterial respiration has been steadily accumulating. Escherichia coli and many other bacteria do not readily metabolize the three tricarboxylic acids. Aerobacter aerogenes will not readily attack citrate when measured manometrically unless the organism is grown in the presence of this acid as the sole source of carbon. Recently Lenti (1946) was able to show inhibition of succinic acid oxidation in E. coli by malonate, but the oxidation of pyruvate was not affected. Karlsson and Barker (1948) obtained evidence against the tricarboxylic acid cycle in Azotobacter agilis. There is, therefore, little support for the assumption that the cycle occurs in those bacteria whose intermediary metabolism has been studied in detail. On the other hand, many bacteria, including E. coli and A. aerogenes, oxidize succinate, fumarate, and malate, and reduce anaerobically oxalacetate to succinate, and this

Loading next page...
 
/lp/american-society-for-microbiology/acetic-acid-oxidation-by-escherichia-coli-and-aerobacter-aerogenes-2DCyM0bGVH

References

References for this paper are not available at this time. We will be adding them shortly, thank you for your patience.

Publisher
American Society For Microbiology
Copyright
Copyright © 1950 by the American society for Microbiology.
ISSN
0021-9193
eISSN
1098-5530
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

CONTENT ALERTS Receive: RSS Feeds, eTOCs, free email alerts (when new articles cite this article), more» Information about commercial reprint orders: http://jb.asm.org/site/misc/reprints.xhtml To subscribe to to another ASM Journal go to: http://journals.asm.org/site/subscriptions/ SAMUEL J. AJL Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri Received for publication January 10, 1950 Evidence against the occurrence of the Krebs oxidation cycle in bacterial respiration has been steadily accumulating. Escherichia coli and many other bacteria do not readily metabolize the three tricarboxylic acids. Aerobacter aerogenes will not readily attack citrate when measured manometrically unless the organism is grown in the presence of this acid as the sole source of carbon. Recently Lenti (1946) was able to show inhibition of succinic acid oxidation in E. coli by malonate, but the oxidation of pyruvate was not affected. Karlsson and Barker (1948) obtained evidence against the tricarboxylic acid cycle in Azotobacter agilis. There is, therefore, little support for the assumption that the cycle occurs in those bacteria whose intermediary metabolism has been studied in detail. On the other hand, many bacteria, including E. coli and A. aerogenes, oxidize succinate, fumarate, and malate, and reduce anaerobically oxalacetate to succinate, and this

Journal

Journal of BacteriologyAmerican Society For Microbiology

Published: Apr 1, 1950

There are no references for this article.