Oxidation of Acetate by Ashbya Gossypii
Year: 1953
Type: article
Abstract: In recent years many people have studied the mechanism of oxidation of acetate by micro-organisms. The results in most cases have led the investigator to favor either the tricarboxylic acid cycle or the Knoop-Thunberg cycle as a pathway of acetate oxidation. Numerous workers with bacteria (Barron and co-workers, 1950; Ajl, 1950; Karlsson and Barker, 1948; Slade and Werkman, 1943; and Ajl and Kamen, 1951) have found evi-dence that led to the conclusions that the Thun-berg cycle was the principal pathway of acetate oxidation. Ajl and Wong (1951) recently cited evidence that both cycles are operative in Aero-bacter. Foster and Carson et al. (1949, 1950) obtained evidence for the Thunberg cycle in Rhizopus nigricans while Weinhouse and workers (1947, 1948) and Foulkes (1951) present data showing that the tricarboxylic acid cycle is the main pathway of acetate oxidation in Saccharo-myces cerevisiae. Earlier work with Ashbya gossypii by Mickelson (1950) suggested that a major portion of the glucose oxidized to carbon dioxide proceeded through acetic acid. The present work was under-taken to learn which pathway might be employed for the oxidation of acetate by A. gossypii.
Source: Journal of Bacteriology
Authors: M. N. Mickelson, M. N. Schuler
Institution: MRIGlobal
Language: English
Subfield: Molecular Biology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W71431925