Müller PJ, von Frommannshausen B. Bistability in the glucose and energy metabolism of ammonia-limited chemostat cultures of Escherichia coli ML 30.
ZEITSCHRIFT FUR ALLGEMEINE MIKROBIOLOGIE 1982;
22:185-90. [PMID:
7051586 DOI:
10.1002/jobm.3630220306]
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Abstract
Recently bistability in the pyruvate production of ammonia-limited glucose-grown Escherichia coli ML 30 chemostat cultures was evidenced. The present investigation shows that the state of higher pyruvate production is connected with a lower glycogen content than in cells in the state of lower pyruvate production. The results support the view of a regulation of bistability on the step of pyruvate consumption by the citric acid cycle. Pronounced differences in energy formation in the two states of glucose bistability are discussed.
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