Utilization of Glucose in Heterotrophic Media by Thiobacillus intermedius
AUTOR(ES)
Matin, Abdul
RESUMO
The growth yield of Thiobacillus intermedius is greater in glucose-yeast extract or glucose-casein hydrolysate broth than in comparable media without glucose. The quantity of glucose utilized in the glucose-supplemented media is much greater than the increase in cell yield observed relative to the unsupplemented media. Addition of glucose to cell-free extracts of glucose-yeast extract or glucose-casein hydrolysate grown cells results in the reduction of endogenous cytochrome c. Thus, in these media, glucose serves as a source of energy. This is in contrast to thiosulfate-glucose broth in which glucose provides only cell carbon. The presence of thiosulfate in glucose-casein hydrolysate broth results in a marked decrease in glucose consumption. Cytochrome c in extracts of cells grown in this medium is not reduced by glucose addition. The data suggest that thiosulfate prevents the utilization of glucose for energy generation. The final growth yield in glucose-casein hydrolysate broth is directly proportional to the initial glucose concentration, although not all the glucose was utilized even at the lowest concentration tested. This effect may be due to an inefficient glucose transport in this organism.
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