Abstract
The adenylate energy charge of thermophilic actinomycete Thermoactinomyces vulgaris 42 cells growing exponentially on mineral medium with glucose and casein was around 0.95. After the glucose exhausion, the energy charge fell steadily to a value of 0.5 and remained constant for at least 5 h. The ATP content was found to be a suitable gowth monitoring parameter for Thermoactinomyces vulgaris 42.
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Abbreviations
- TCA:
-
trichloroacetic acid
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Kahru, A., Liiders, M., Vanatalu, K. et al. Adenylate energy charge during batch culture of Thermoactinomyces vulgaris 42. Arch. Microbiol. 133, 142–144 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00413528
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