TRICARBOXYLIC ACID CYCLE ACTIVITY IN ACETOBACTER PASTEURIANUM

Tricarboxylic acid cycle activity in Acetobacter pasteurianum.

Previous papers from this laboratory (King and Cheldelin, 1952, 1952a, 1954; Hauge et al., 1955, 1955a) have reported on the oxidation of carbohydrates in Acetobacter suboxydans. Neither resting nor disintegrated cells can oxidize acetate or other intermediates of the tricarboxylic acid cycle. These findings have recently been confirmed in another laboratory (Rao and Gunsalus, 1955). From the c...

Tricarboxylic acid-cycle activity in Streptomyces olivaceus.

Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle in

Nonfunctional tricarboxylic acid cycle and the mechanism of glutamate biosynthesis in Acetobacter suboxydans.

Acetobacter suboxydans does not contain an active tricarboxylic acid cycle, yet two pathways have been suggested for glutamate synthesis from acetate catalyzed by cell extracts: a partial tricarboxylic acid cycle following an initial condensation of oxalacetate and acetyl coenzyme A. and the citramalate-mesaconate pathway following an initial condensation of pyruvate and acetyl coenzyme A. To d...

The oxidation of ethanol and tricarboxylic acid cycle intermediates by Acetobacter peroxydans.

The main taxonomic characteristic of the genus Acetobacter as presently described is the ability to oxidize ethanol to acetic acid (Breed et al., 1948), although some species carry the oxidation further. Of particular interest is the demonstration that Acetobacter aceti produces citrate when supplied acetate and intermediates of the TCA2 cycle (Antoniani et al., 1950). This species thus appears...