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Aerobic Growth of Escherichia coli on Substrates Other Than Glucose

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Bacterial Metabolism

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Escherichia coli is able to grow on carbohydrates other than glucose and on a number of organic acids and amino acids. The additional enzyme systems required for the utilization of some of these substrates will be discussed in this chapter.

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Gottschalk, G. (1979). Aerobic Growth of Escherichia coli on Substrates Other Than Glucose. In: Bacterial Metabolism. Springer Series in Microbiology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-0465-4_4

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