Carbohydrate Utilization by Hydrocarbon Bacteria

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In inorganic salt soln. plus 0.5% pure carbohydrate or related substance. Bacterium aliphaticum Tausz may utilize as sole source of C for growth, d-arabinose, l-arabinose, d-xylose, d-lyxose, fucose, l-fucose, l-rhamnose, l-arabitol, d-man-nitol, d-sorbitol, d-glucose, d-galactose, [alpha] d-galaheptose, [beta] d-galaheptose, [alpha] d-glucoheptose, d-glucoheptulose, cello-biose. trehalose, and raffinose, respectively, but not d-rhamnose, d, l-erythritol, adonitol, dulcitol, d-mannose, d-fructose, [alpha] d-mannoheptose, d-mannoketoheptose. lactose, maltose, sucrose, inositol, or [alpha] methyl glucoside. Considerable acid is produced from glucose, but with most other carbohydrates that supported growth little or no change in pH occurred. If 1 peptone instead of inorganic salt soln. is used, the reaction during growth becomes alkaline in all cases, but somewhat less alkaline in the presence of certain utilizable carbohydrates.

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