Differential Effects of Oxygen and Oxidation Reduction Potential on the Multiplication of Three Species of Anaerobic Intestinal Bacteria
AUTOR(ES)
Walden, William C.
RESUMO
The sensitivity of three strains of anaerobic intestinal bacteria, Clostridium perfringens, Bacteroides fragilis, and Peptococcus magnus, to the differential effects of oxygen and adverse oxidation-reduction potential was measured. The multiplication of the three organisms was inhibited in the presence of oxygen whether the medium was at a negative oxidation-reduction potential (Eh of -50 mV), poised by the intermittent addition of dithiothreitol, or at a positive oxidation-reduction potential (Eh of near +500 mV). However, when these organisms were cultured in the absence of oxygen, no inhibition was observed, even when the oxidation-reduction potential was maintained at an average Eh of +325 mV by the addition of potassium ferricyanide. When the cultures were aerated, the growth patterns of the three organisms demonstrated different sensitivities to oxygen. P. magnus was found to be the most sensitive. After 2 h of aerobic incubation, no viable organisms could be detected. B. fragilis was intermediately sensitive to oxygen with no viable organisms detected after 5 h of aerobic incubation. C. perfringens was the least sensitive. Under conditions of aerobic incubation, viable organisms survived for 10 h. During the experiments with Clostridium, no spores were observed by spore staining.
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