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Respirometric and radioisotopic methods were used to study the stimulating effect of glucose on the breakdown of14COOH-vanillic acid by aCellulomonas species. Glucose was found to reduce the lag phase in vanillic acid oxidation apparently by enabling vanillic acid to cross the cell membrane and thus to reach the appropriate metabolic enzymes. Glucose also eliminated the inhibitory effect of higher concentrations of vanillic acid on the breakdown process and stimulated incorporation of the carboxyl carbon from vanillic acid into cell structures. A similar effect was observed with succinate and acetate.
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Kunc, F., Kotyk, A. Effect of glucose on vanillic acid oxidation inCellulomonas sp.. Folia Microbiol 19, 29–37 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02874499
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