The Amino Acid Utilization by Phase I Bordetella pertussis in a Chemically Defined Medium

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Abstract
Phase I B. pertussis was grown in a chemically defined medium containing 20 amino acids (including glutamine) plus gluta-thione. Growth was limited by depletion of three of the components, L-glutamic acid, L-proline and L-glutamine. Increasing the concentrations of these three components more than doubled the yield of organism. The following components were utilized, but did not limit growth; alanine, glycine, histidine, serine; cystine and glutathione were also substantially used. Ten amino acids which were not utilized to any significant extent could be omitted without diminishing growth. A preferential order of amino acid utilization is suggested. Glutamic acid appears to be important for antigenicity.