RADIORESPIROMETRIC STUDIES IN GENUS NEISSERIA .3. CATABOLISM OF PYRUVATE AND ACETATE

  • 1 January 1976
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 84  (1) , 9-16
Abstract
The catabolism of pyruvate and acetate in selected Nesseria spp. was studied by radiorespirometry. Both substrates were oxidized via the tricarboxylic acid cycle. N. elongata and the false neisserias (N. catarrhalis, N. ovis and N. caviae) did oxidize acetate in the absence of other substrates. This can be explained if it is assumed that these species have glyoxylic of other substrates. This can be explained if it is assumed that these species have glyoxylic acid cycle activity. In the true neisserias other than N. elongata, acetate was oxidized only in the presence of glutamate, indicating that these species do not possess a glyoxylic acid cycle.

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