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Energetics of growth of Microbacterium thermosphactum at low temperatures. 1980

P J Rogers, and V K Taylor, and A F Egan

Microbacterium thermosphactum was grown at 5 degrees C in glucose-limited continuous cultures. The end products of glucose metabolism were L-lactate and ethanol, and these compounds accounted for 86--92% of the glucose utilized. With input glucose concentrations less than 3 mV, YgluMax was found to be 40--43, YATPMax 20--21 and ms 0.1--0.2. These values are almost identical to those found previously for cultures at 25 degrees C and show that this psychrotroph grows with a very high energetic efficiency over a wide range of temperatures. With a higher (but still limiting) input glucose concentration of 5.6 mM at 9 degrees C, cellular efficiency declined as there was a marked reduction in Yglu. This decrease was accounted for in mathematical terms by an increase in ms to 0.7, whilst YgluMax and gh energetic efficiency over a wide range of temperatures. With a higher (but still limiting) input glucose concentration of 5.6 mM at 9 degrees C, cellular efficiency declined as there was a marked reduction in Yglu. This decrease was accounted for in mathematical terms by an increase in ms to 0.7, whilst YgluMax and gh energetic efficiency over a wide range of temperatures. With a higher (but still limiting) input glucose concentration of 5.6 mM at 9 degrees C, cellular efficiency declined as there was a marked reduction in Yglu. This decrease was accounted for in mathematical terms by an increase in ms to 0.7, whilst YgluMax and YATPMax remained high at 38 and 19 respectively.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D004734	Energy Metabolism	The chemical reactions involved in the production and utilization of various forms of energy in cells.	Bioenergetics,Energy Expenditure,Bioenergetic,Energy Expenditures,Energy Metabolisms,Expenditure, Energy,Expenditures, Energy,Metabolism, Energy,Metabolisms, Energy
D005947	Glucose	A primary source of energy for living organisms. It is naturally occurring and is found in fruits and other parts of plants in its free state. It is used therapeutically in fluid and nutrient replacement.	Dextrose,Anhydrous Dextrose,D-Glucose,Glucose Monohydrate,Glucose, (DL)-Isomer,Glucose, (alpha-D)-Isomer,Glucose, (beta-D)-Isomer,D Glucose,Dextrose, Anhydrous,Monohydrate, Glucose
D000192	Actinomycetales	An order of gram-positive, primarily aerobic BACTERIA that tend to form branching filaments.	Corynebacteriaceae,Coryneform Group
D000255	Adenosine Triphosphate	An adenine nucleotide containing three phosphate groups esterified to the sugar moiety. In addition to its crucial roles in metabolism adenosine triphosphate is a neurotransmitter.	ATP,Adenosine Triphosphate, Calcium Salt,Adenosine Triphosphate, Chromium Salt,Adenosine Triphosphate, Magnesium Salt,Adenosine Triphosphate, Manganese Salt,Adenylpyrophosphate,CaATP,CrATP,Manganese Adenosine Triphosphate,MgATP,MnATP,ATP-MgCl2,Adenosine Triphosphate, Chromium Ammonium Salt,Adenosine Triphosphate, Magnesium Chloride,Atriphos,Chromium Adenosine Triphosphate,Cr(H2O)4 ATP,Magnesium Adenosine Triphosphate,Striadyne,ATP MgCl2
D000693	Anaerobiosis	The complete absence, or (loosely) the paucity, of gaseous or dissolved elemental oxygen in a given place or environment. (From Singleton & Sainsbury, Dictionary of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, 2d ed)	Anaerobic Metabolism,Anaerobic Metabolisms,Anaerobioses,Metabolism, Anaerobic,Metabolisms, Anaerobic
D013696	Temperature	The property of objects that determines the direction of heat flow when they are placed in direct thermal contact. The temperature is the energy of microscopic motions (vibrational and translational) of the particles of atoms.	Temperatures