Abstract
ApparentK s andV max values, for the transport byThiobacillus A2 of14C-labelled sucrose, hexoses and pentoses, were estimated using flow dialysis and membrane filtration techniques. Transport systems of varying degrees of specificity could be inferred from the data. For most sugars tested including glucose, fructose and arabinose, there was a close correlation between maximum rate of sugar transport and observed growth rate. Differences in transport rate were sufficient to explain slow and fast growth on glucose by wild type and GF strains ofThiobacillus A2.
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Abbreviations
- Butyl PBD:
-
2-(4′-tert-butylphenyl)-5-(4″-biphenylyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazole
- Tris:
-
tris(hydroxymethyl)-amino-methane
- PEP:
-
phosphoenolpyruvate
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Wood, A.P., Kelly, D.P. Kinetics of sugar transport byThiobacillus A2. Arch. Microbiol. 131, 156–159 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01053998
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01053998