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The level of enzymes involved in the allantoin metabolism of Bacillus fastidiosus grown under different conditions

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Bacillus fastidiosus was cultivated in batch and continuous culture on various carbon and nitrogen sources. The enzymes involved in allantoin degradation (allantoinase, urease, carboligase) of B. fastidiosus were hardly affected by either carbon or nitrogen source. In contrast, the enzymes involved in glycerol utilization (glycerol kinase, glycerol 3-phosphate dehydrogenase) were induced during growth on glycerol, but were not affected by the amount of allantoin present.

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  1. Masoud S. H. Muruke

    Present address: Applied Microbiology Unit, University of Dar es Salaam, P.O. Box 35060, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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  1. Department of Microbiology & Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Nijmegen, Toernooiveld 1, NL-6525 ED, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    Masoud S. H. Muruke, Huub J. M. Op den Camp & Chris van der Drift

  2. Applied Microbiology Unit, University of Dar es Salaam, P. O. Box 35060, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

    Amelia K. Semesi

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Muruke, M.S.H., Op den Camp, H.J.M., Semesi, A.K. et al. The level of enzymes involved in the allantoin metabolism of Bacillus fastidiosus grown under different conditions. Current Microbiology 30, 45–47 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00294523

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