CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM OF BACILLUS LARVAE

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Abstract
The existence of 2 path-ways of carbohydrate metabolism in B. larvae is demonstrated. Results of studies using sonic extracts with or without various inhibitors indicate that glucose is degraded quantitatively to acetate via the Embden-Meyerhof pathway. Direct or indirect evidence is presented for the participation of hexokinase, phosphohexose isomerase, aldolase, triose-phosphate isomerase, diphosphopyridine nucleotide (DPN)-linked de-hydrogenase(s) and enolase. Enzymes involved in the initial oxidative steps of the hexosemonophosphate pathway were readily demonstrated.