Effect of Long Chain Fatty Acids on Bacterial Respiration and Amino Acid Uptake
- 1 December 1973
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Applied Bacteriology
- Vol. 36 (4) , 659-675
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2672.1973.tb04151.x
Abstract
Summary. Long chain fatty acids stimulated oxygen uptake by Gram positive bacteria at bactericidal and protoplast lytic concentrations and produced inhibition at higher levels. The order of activity between individual acids and effects of reversal agents on respiratory activity corresponded to those which produced bactericidal activity. Protoplasts were more susceptible to inhibition than whole cells. Gram negative bacteria were inhibited to a limited extent at high fatty acid concentrations, but spheroplasts were highly sensitive. Fatty acids inhibited amino acid uptake both aerobically and anaerobically at sub‐bactericidal levels. The effects were reversed by metal cations, and reflected the activity of dinitrophenol and sodium azide. The susceptibility of organisms to inhibition was of the same order as the sensitivity to other antibacterial effects. The probable mode of action of the fatty acids is discussed in terms of the interference with energy metabolism within the bacterial cell.This publication has 31 references indexed in Scilit:
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