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Bildung flüchtiger Säuren bei der Vergärung von Pyruvat und Fructose in anaerober Dunkelkultur von Rhodospirillum rubrum

The synthesis of volatile acids by fermentation of pyruvate and fructose in anaerobic dark cultures of Rhodospirillum rubrum

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Summary

Under anaerobic conditions in the dark R. rubrum produced mainly acetate and propionate from exogenous and endogenous substrates.

With pyruvate as a substrate usually less propionate than acetate was synthesized, with fructose, however, more propionate than acetate was produced.

In resting cells, compared with cultures having (NH4)2SO4 in the medium, more propionate than acetate was synthesized from pyruvate.

By degradation of stored poly-β-hydroxybutyric acid under anaerobic dark conditions relatively more acetate is produced than by degradation of endogenous polysaccharide.

Addition of ascorbate (0.8 and 1.6%) or K3[Fe(CN)6] (0.08 and 0.32%) had little influence on the relative concentrations of acetate and propionate.

Exogenous CO2 was necessary for the synthesis of propionate, especially when fructose was the substrate. The pathways of acetate and propionate production anaerobically in the dark are discussed.

Zusammenfassung

R. rubrum bildet anaerob im Dunkeln aus exogenen und endogenen Substraten hauptsächlich Acetat und Propionat.

In Kulturen mit Pyruvat als Substrat wurde in der Regel mehr Acetat als Propionat gebildet (4:1–1:1), mit Fructose dagegen weniger Acetat (1:2–1:3). Ruhende Zellen produzierten aus Pyruvat, im Vergleich zu Kulturen mit (NH4)2SO4 im Medium, relativ mehr Propionat als Acetat.

Beim Abbau von gespeicherter PHBS wurde relativ mehr Acetat und weniger Propionat als beim Abbau endogener Polysaccharide produziert.

Eine Zugabe von Ascorbat (0,8 u. 1,6%) oder K3[Fe(CN)6] (0,08 u 0,32%) hatte nur einen geringen Effekt auf das Verhältnis von Acetat zu Propionat. Exogenes CO2 war, besonders bei Zugabe von Fructose als Substrat, für die Synthese von Propionat notwendig. Die Wege der Acetat- und Propionatbildung unter anaeroben Bedingungen im Dunkeln werden diskutiert.

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Abbreviations

BChl:

Bacteriochlorophyll

PEP:

Phosphoenolpyruvat

PHBS:

Poly-β-hydroxybuttersäure

I.p.m.:

Impulse (14C) pro Minute

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Schön, G., Biedermann, M. Bildung flüchtiger Säuren bei der Vergärung von Pyruvat und Fructose in anaerober Dunkelkultur von Rhodospirillum rubrum . Archiv. Mikrobiol. 85, 77–90 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00425145

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