Adhesion and growth rate of Clostridium cellulolyticum ATCC 35319 on crystalline cellulose.
AUTOR(ES)
Gelhaye, E
RESUMO
The rate of tritiated-thymidine incorporation into DNA was used to estimate Clostridium cellulolyticum H10 growth rates on Avicel cellulose, taking into consideration both the unattached cells and the cells adhered to the substrate. The generation time on cellobiose calculated from the data on cell density (4.5 h) agreed well with the generation time calculated by tritiated-thymidine incorporation (3.8 h). Growth on Avicel cellulose occurred when bacteria were adhered to their substrate; 80% of the biomass was detected on the cellulose. Taking into consideration attached and free bacteria, the generation time as determined by thymidine incorporation was about 8 h, whereas by bacterial-protein estimation it was about 13 h. In addition to the growth rate of the bacteria on the cellulose, the release of adhered cells constituted an important factor in the efficiency of the cellulolysis. The stage of growth influenced adhesion of C. cellulolyticum; maximum adhesion was found during the exponential phase. Under the conditions used, the end of growth was characterized by an acute release of biomass and cellulase activity from the cellulose. An exhaustion of the accessible cellulose could be responsible for this release.
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