Amino acid metabolism in acetic acid bacteria. VIII. Distribution of L-leucine-pyruvate transaminase in bacteria.

L-Ascorbic acid degradation by bacteria. VIII. All the pathway in the L-ascorbic acid metabolism.

The medium used contained 3g of substrate, 150ml of 1/15M phosphate buffer and 150ml of sterile distilled water. 0.5g (dry weight) of the adapted cells was added to the medium and the whole was incubated at 30•‹ for 20 hours. For detecting the intermediate products, paper chromatography was chiefly used. For developing the nonvolatile acids, n-butanol-acetic acid-water (4:1:1) was used and the ...

Deoxyribonucleic Acid Hybrids of Acetic Acid Bacteria.

De Ley, J. (State University, Ghent, Belgium), and S. Friedman. Deoxyribonucleic acid hybrids of acetic acid bacteria. J. Bacteriol. 88:937-945. 1964.-Deuterated N(15)-labeled deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) from Acetobacter aceti (mesoxydans 4) forms hybrids with ordinary DNA from other species of this genus (A. xylinum, A. pasteurianus, A. estunensis, and possibly A. xylinoides) when the guanine ...

Pyruvate-associated acid resistance in bacteria.

Glucose confers acid resistance on exponentially growing bacteria by repressing formation of the cyclic AMP (cAMP)-cAMP receptor protein (CRP) complex and consequently activating acid resistance genes. Therefore, in a glucose-rich growth environment, bacteria are capable of resisting acidic stresses due to low levels of cAMP-CRP. Here we reveal a second mechanism for glucose-conferred acid resi...

Amino acid decarboxylases of lactic acid bacteria.

Many strains of a wide variety of bacterial species have been studied for their amino acid decarboxylase activity (Gale, 1946). However, to our knowledge the lactobacilli have not been examined. It has been shown in our laboratory that oral lactobacilli may be classified into three types according to their ability to attack certain carbohydrates, intensity of acid production from glucose, and b...

Coenzyme linked dehydrogenases of acetic acid bacteria.