Affiliation:
1. Department of Microbiology, Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Abstract
Growth responses of
Nitrosomonas europaea
to individual amino acids or vitamins was observed in log-phase cultures, as was the incorporation of carbon-14 labeled amino acids. Nitrite formation and protein synthesis were increased by
l
-glutamic acid,
l
-aspartic acid,
l
-serine, and
l
-glutamine.
l
-Lysine,
l
-histidine,
l
-threonine,
l
-valine,
l
-methionine, and
l
-arginine were inhibitory. The other amino acids had no effect on growth. All of the uniformly labeled amino acids added at low concentrations were taken up by growing cells and distributed into cell fractions. From 1 to 12% of the added radioactivity was present in cells analyzed in late log phase, depending on the amino acid; glycine and
l
-serine caused accumulation of the label to the greatest extent, whereas
l
-aspartic and
l
-glutamic acids were among those incorporated to the least extent. Aspartic acid increased both cell protein and nitrite values, but did not alter the ratio of protein to nitrite from that found in controls.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Molecular Biology,Microbiology
Cited by
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