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Isolation and characterization of a carbon monoxide utilizing strain of the acetogen Peptostreptococcus productus. Arch Microbiol 1987. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00456709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Schauder R, Widdel F, Fuchs G. Carbon assimilation pathways in sulfate-reducing bacteria II. Enzymes of a reductive citric acid cycle in the autotrophic Desulfobacter hydrogenophilus. Arch Microbiol 1987. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00414815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Bott M, Eikmanns B, Thauer RK. Coupling of carbon monoxide oxidation to CO2 and H2 with the phosphorylation of ADP in acetate-grown Methanosarcina barkeri. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1986; 159:393-8. [PMID: 3093229 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1986.tb09881.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Cell suspensions of Methanosarcina barkeri, grown on acetate, catalyzed the conversion of carbon monoxide and H2O to CO2 and H2 in stoichiometric amounts when methane formation was inhibited by bromoethanesulfonate. The specific activity was 80-120 nmol min-1 mg protein-1 at 5% CO in the gas phase. CO oxidation was coupled with the phosphorylation of ADP as indicated by a rapid increase of the intracellular ATP level upon start of the reaction. At least 0.1 mol ATP was formed/mol CO consumed. The onset of CO oxidation was also accompanied by an increase of the proton motive force (delta p) from 100 mV to 150 mV (inside negative). Addition of the uncoupler tetrachlorosalicylanilide to CO-metabolizing cells led to a rapid decrease of the ATP level and of delta p, and to an increase of the CO oxidation rate up to 70%. In the presence of the proton-translocating ATPase inhibitor N,N'-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide the phosphorylation of ADP was inhibited and CO oxidation slowed down, whereas delta p was almost unaffected. Inhibition of CO oxidation under these conditions was relieved by the addition of the protonophore tetrachlorosalicylanilide. The results indicate that in acetate-grown M. barkeri the free-energy change associated with the formation of CO2 and H2 from CO and H2O (delta G degrees = -20 kJ/mol) can be used to drive the phosphorylation of ADP and that the coupling proceeds via a chemiosmotic mechanism. A possible role of the carbon monoxide oxidation reaction as an energy-conserving site in acetate fermentation to CH4 and CO2 is discussed.
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Genetics and Biochemistry of Clostridium Relevant to Development of Fermentation Processes. ADVANCES IN APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY 1986. [DOI: 10.1016/s0065-2164(08)70438-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Odelson DA, Breznak JA. Nutrition and Growth Characteristics of
Trichomitopsis termopsidis
, a Cellulolytic Protozoan from Termites. Appl Environ Microbiol 1985; 49:614-21. [PMID: 16346754 PMCID: PMC373558 DOI: 10.1128/aem.49.3.614-621.1985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Putatively axenic cultures of
Trichomitopsis termopsidis
6057, isolated by M. A. Yamin (J. Protozool. 25:535-538, 1978) from the hindgut of
Zootermopsis
termites, apparently contained methanogenic bacteria, inasmuch as small amounts of CH
4
were produced during growth. However,
T. termopsidis
could be “cured” of methanogenic activity by incubation in the presence of bromoethanesulfonate. Both the cured derivative (6057C) and the parent strain (6057) required NaHCO
3
and fetal bovine serum for good growth; the presence of yeast extract in media was stimulatory. Growth of both strains was markedly improved by substituting heat-killed cells of
Bacteroides
sp. strain JW20 (a termite gut isolate) for heat-killed rumen bacteria in media as a source of bacterial cell material. Heat-killed
Bacteroides
sp. strain JW20 was the best of a number of bacteria tested, and under these conditions H
2
was a major protozoan fermentation product. Growth of
T. termopsidis
strains was further improved by co-cultivation in the presence of
Methanospirillum hungatii. M. hungatii
was the best of a number of H
2
-consuming bacteria tested, and under these conditions CH
4
, but not H
2
, was produced, indicating interspecies transfer of H
2
between the protozoa and
M. hungatii.
Both strains of
T. termopsidis
used powdered, particulate forms of cellulose (e.g., pure cellulose, corncob, cereal leaves) as fermentable energy sources, although powdered wood, chitin, or xylan supported little or no growth. Cells of the cellulose-forming coccus
Sarcina ventriculi
also served as a fermentable energy source, but these were used poorly as a source of bacterial cell material. The only substantial difference between
T. termopsidis
6057 and 6057C was that the latter grew poorly or not at all with rumen bacteria as a source of bacterial cell material. The improved growth of
T. termopsidis
in vitro should facilitate further studies on the cell biology and biochemistry of these symbiotic, anaerobic protozoa.
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Affiliation(s)
- D A Odelson
- Department of Microbiology and Public Health, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824
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Schennen U, Braun K, Knackmuss HJ. Anaerobic degradation of 2-fluorobenzoate by benzoate-degrading, denitrifying bacteria. J Bacteriol 1985; 161:321-5. [PMID: 2857161 PMCID: PMC214874 DOI: 10.1128/jb.161.1.321-325.1985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Three strains of anaerobically benzoate-degrading, denitrifying bacteria of the genus Pseudomonas were able to grow on 2-fluorobenzoate as the sole carbon and energy source. Fluoride ion release was stoichiometric, and the reduction of dissolved organic carbon indicated total degradation. Cells grown anaerobically with benzoate were adapted for immediate growth with 2-fluorobenzoate, and both compounds were substrates for an inducible benzoyl-coenzyme A synthetase, the initial enzyme of anaerobic degradation. It is proposed that fluoride is eliminated gratuitously by a regioselective reaction in a sequence common to both carbon sources. Benzoate, but not 2-fluorobenzoate, was oxidized by aerobically grown cells.
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Eubacterium angustum sp. nov., a Gram-positive anaerobic, non-sporeforming, obligate purine fermenting organism. Arch Microbiol 1984. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00409763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Schiefer-Ullrich H, Wagner R, Dürre P, Andreesen JR. Comparative studies on physiology and taxonomy of obligately purinolytic clostridia. Arch Microbiol 1984; 138:345-53. [PMID: 6477034 DOI: 10.1007/bf00410902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Eleven strains of obligately purinolytic clostridia have been studied with respect to their assignment to the three type strains of Clostridium acidiurici, C. cylindrosporum, and C. purinolyticum. DNA/DNA-hybridization proved to be the method of choice for differentiation whereas phenotypic characteristics such as spore morphology, substrate spectra, nutritional requirements, product formation, and sensitivity against various antibiotics did not allow unequivocal identification. All strains depended on selenite for growth.
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Growth yields and saturation constant of Desulfovibrio vulgaris in chemostat culture. Arch Microbiol 1984. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00414550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Cell extracts of Clostridium acidiurici, C. cylindrosporum, and C. purinolyticum converted purine, hypoxanthine, 2-hydroxypurine, 6,8-dihydroxypurine, and uric acid into xanthine by the shortest possible route. Adenine was transformed to xanthine only by C. purinolyticum, whereas the other two species formed 6-amino-8-hydroxypurine, which was neither deaminated nor hydroxylated further. 8-Hydroxypurine was formed from purine by all three species. Xanthine dehydrogenase activity was constitutively expressed by C. purinolyticum. Due to the lability of the enzyme activity, comparative studies could not be done with a purified preparation. All enzymes reported to be involved in formiminoglycine metabolism of C. acidiurici and C. cylindrosporum were present in C. purinolyticum. However, glycine was reduced directly to acetate in all three species, as indicated by radiochemical data and by the detection of glycine reductase in cell extracts of C. cylindrosporum and C. purinolyticum. The expression of glycine reductase and the high ratio of glycine fermented to uric acid present points to an energetic advantage for the glycine reductase system, which is expressed when selenium compounds are added to the growth media.
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D�rre P, Spahr R, Andreesen JR. Glycine fermentation via a glycine reductase in Peptococcus glycinophilus and Peptococcus magnus. Arch Microbiol 1983. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00407945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Mell H, Bronder M, Kröger A. Cell Yields of Vibrio succinogenes growing with formate and fumarate as sole carbon and energy sources in chemostat culture. Arch Microbiol 1982; 131:224-8. [PMID: 7103661 DOI: 10.1007/bf00405883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Vibrio succinogenes which gains all the ATP by anaerobic electron transport phosphorylation, was grown in continuous culture on a defined medium with formate and fumarate as sole energy sources. The growth yield at infinite dilution rate (Ymax) was obtained by extrapolation from the growth yields measured at various dilution rates. With formate as the growth limiting substrate, Ymax was found as 14 g dry cells/mol formate. Under these conditions growth was limited by the rate of energy supply, because formate is used only as a catabolic substrate (Bronder et al. 1982). The YmaxATP calculated from the ATP requirement for cell synthesis was 18 g dry cells/mol ATP. This gives an ATP/2e ratio of 0.8. The ATP/2e ratio in vitro had been measured as 1 (Kröger and Winkler 1981). It is concluded that growing V. succinogenes gain at least 80% the stoichiometrically possible amount of ATP, when growth is limited by energy supply.
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Dürre P, Andreesen JR. Anaerobic degradation of uric acid via pyrimidine derivatives by selenium-starved cells of Clostridium purinolyticum. Arch Microbiol 1982; 131:255-60. [PMID: 6808963 DOI: 10.1007/bf00405889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Clostridium purinolyticum decomposed uric acid via pyrimidine derivatives under selenium starvation conditions. Products were acetate, formate, glycine, ammonia, and CO2. 4,5-Diaminouracil could be identified as an intermediate after converting the labile substance into 6,7-dimethyllumazine. The breakdown of uric acid was inhibited by EDTA. High-pressure liquid chromatography methods have been developed for the simultaneous determination of uric acid, 4,5-diaminouracil, and 6,7-dimethyllumazine. The significance of the new pathway is discussed.
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Friedrich CG. Depression of hydrogenase during limitation of electron donors and derepression of ribulosebisphosphate carboxylase during carbon limitation of Alcaligenes eutrophus. J Bacteriol 1982; 149:203-10. [PMID: 6798017 PMCID: PMC216611 DOI: 10.1128/jb.149.1.203-210.1982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Alcaligenes eutrophus did not form the key enzymes of autotrophic metabolism, the soluble and particulate hydrogenases and ribulosebisphosphate carboxylase (RuBPC), during heterotrophic growth on succinate in batch cultures. During succinate-limited growth in a chemostat, high activities of both hydrogenases were observed. With decreasing dilution rate (D) the steady-state hydrogenase activity (H) followed first-order kinetics, expressed as follows: H = Hmax .e-alpha.D. An identical correlation was observed when autotrophic growth in a chemostat was limited by molecular hydrogen. During autotrophic growth under oxygen or carbon dioxide limitation, the activity if the soluble hydrogenase was low. These data suggested that hydrogenase formation depended on the availability of reducing equivalents to the cells. RuBPC activities were not correlated with the hydrogenase activities. During succinate-limited growth, RuBPC appeared at intermediate activities. During autotrophic growth in a carbon dioxide-limited chemostat, RuBPC was highly derepressed. RuBPC activity was not detected in cells that suffered from energy limitation with a surplus of carbon, as in a heterotrophic oxygen-limited chemostat, nor was it detected in cells limited in carbon and energy, as in the case of complete exhaustion of a heterotrophic substrate. From these data I concluded that RuBPC formation in A. eutrophus depends on two conditions, namely, carbon starvation and an excess of reducing equivalents.
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Kröger A, Winkler E. Phosphorylative fumarate reduction in Vibrio succinogenes: Stoichiometry of ATP synthesis. Arch Microbiol 1981. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00417188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Höfer M, Flossmann KD. Verwertung von L-Aspartat, L-Malat und Fumarat durchPasteurella multocida. J Basic Microbiol 1981. [DOI: 10.1002/jobm.3630210904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Braun M, Mayer F, Gottschalk G. Clostridium aceticum (Wieringa), a microorganism producing acetic acid from molecular hydrogen and carbon dioxide. Arch Microbiol 1981; 128:288-93. [PMID: 6783001 DOI: 10.1007/bf00422532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Spores of Clostridium aceticum (Wieringa) from 1947 have been revived, and a study for a redescription of this microorganism has been carried out. C. aceticum was Gram negative. The cells were rodshaped and peritrichously flagellated. Round spores were formed in terminal position. The DNA contained 33 mol % guanine plus cytosine. The organism was obligately anaerobic and grew either chemolithotrophically with H2 + CO2 or chemoorganotrophically with compounds such as fructose, L-glutamate, L-malate or pyruvate. H2 and CO2 were converted to acetic acid according to the following equation: 2CO2 + 4H2 leads to CH3COOH + 2H2O The optimal temperature for growth was 30 degrees C. The optimal pH for chemolithotrophic growth was 8.3. The doubling times for chemolithotrophic and chemoorganotrophic growth were 25 and 8 h, respectively.
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DIEKERT G, THAUER R. THE EFFECT OF NICKEL ON CARBON MONOXIDE DEHYDROGENASE FORMATION IN CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOACETICUMAND CLOSTRIDIUM FORMICOACETICUM. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1980. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.1980.tb01622.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Braun M, Schoberth S, Gottschalk G. Enumeration of bacteria forming acetate from H2 and CO2 in anaerobic habitats. Arch Microbiol 1979; 120:201-4. [PMID: 571704 DOI: 10.1007/bf00423066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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A method has been worked out that allows the detection and isolation of bacteria fermenting molecular hydrogen and carbon dioxide to acetic acid. The ratio of methanogenic to acetogenic bacteria in sludge and lake sediment samples has been found to be approximately 100 to 1. Acetogenic bacteria could not be detected in rumen samples.
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Dorn M, Andreesen JR, Gottschalk G. Fumarate reductase of Clostridium formicoaceticum. A peripheral membrane protein. Arch Microbiol 1978; 119:7-11. [PMID: 214050 DOI: 10.1007/bf00407920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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When Clostridium formicoaceticum was grown on fumarate or L-malate crude cell extracts contained a high fumarate reductase activity. Using reduced methyl viologen as electron donor the specific activity amounted to 2-3.5 U per mg of protein. Reduced benzyl viologen, FMNH2 and NADH could also serve as electron donors but the specific activities were much lower. The NADH-dependent activity was strictly membrane-bound and rather labile. Its specific activity did not exceed 0.08 U per mg of particle protein. Fumarate reductase activity was also found in cells of C. formicoaceticum grown on fructose, gluconate, glutamate and some other substrates. The methyl viologen-dependent fumarate reductase activity could almost completely be measured with intact cells whereas only about 25% of the cytoplasmic acetate kinase activity was detected with cell suspensions. The preparation of spheroplasts from cells of C. formicoaceticum in 20 mM HEPES-KOH buffer containing 0.6 M sucrose and 1 mM dithioerythritol resulted in the specific release of 88% of the fumarate reductase activity into the spheroplast medium. Only small amounts of the cytoplasmic proteins malic enzyme and acetate kinase were released during this procedure. There results indicate a peripheral location of the fumarate reductase of C. formicoaceticum on the membrane.
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Bernhard T, Gottschalk G. Cell yields of Escherichia coli during anaerobic growth on fumarate and molecular hydrogen. Arch Microbiol 1978; 116:235-8. [PMID: 348144 DOI: 10.1007/bf00417845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Escherichia coli was grown anaerobically on sodium fumarate and molecular hydrogen or sodium formate in continuous culture. The maximal growth yield and the maintenance coefficient were determined. In a mineral medium a Ymax(fum) value of 6.6 g dry weight per mol fumarate was found. This value increased to 7;5 when casamino acids were present in the medium. From these data and the corresponding Ymax(ATP) values it could be calculated that per mol of fumarate reduced, 0;4 mol of ATP became available for growth. In batch culture a Yfum value of 4.8 g dry weight per mol fumarate was determined.
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