Affiliation:
1. Botanical Laboratory, Microbiology Department, Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Abstract
For six strains of
Bifidobacterium bifidum
(
Lactobacillus bifidus
), fermentation balances of glucose, lactose, galactose, mannitol, and xylose were determined. Products formed were acetate,
l
(+)-lactate, ethyl alcohol, and formate.
l
(+)-Lactate dehydrogenase of all strains studied was found to have an absolute requirement for fructose-1,6-diphosphate. The phosphoroclastic enzyme could not be demonstrated in cell-free extracts. Cell suspensions fermented pyruvate to equimolar amounts of acetate and formate. Alcohol dehydrogenase was shown in cell-free extracts. Possible explanations have been suggested for the differences in fermentation balances found for different strains and carbon sources. By enzyme determinations, it was shown that bifidobacteria convert mannitol to fructose-6-phosphate by an inducible polyol dehydrogenase and fructokinase. For one strain of
B. bifidum
, molar growth yields of glucose, lactose, galactose, and mannitol were determined. The mean value of Y (ATP), calculated from molar growth yields and fermentation balances, was 11.3.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Molecular Biology,Microbiology
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