Intermediary metabolism in Legionella pneumophila: utilization of amino acids and other compounds as energy sources.
AUTOR(ES)
Tesh, M J
RESUMO
The utilization of amino acids and other compounds as carbon and energy sources by Legionella pneumophila was examined. Based on the stimulation of oxygen consumption in washed-cell suspensions, glutamate, serine, threonine, and tyrosine were the only amino acids which were utilized as energy sources. Other stimulators of oxygen uptake were lactate, pyruvate, acetate, fumarate, and succinate. Citrate was a good stimulator only when the bacteria were grown in the presence of the substrate. Radiolabeling studies showed that [14C]glutamate was rapidly metabolized, with the label distributed evenly in all cell fractions. [14C]pyruvate and [14C]acetate were incorporated into the lipid-containing cell fraction, whereas glucose and glycerol were found in both the lipid- and polysaccharide-containing cell fractions. Radiorespirometry of differentially labeled [14C]glucose indicated that this compound was metabolized primarily by the pentose phosphate and Entner-Doudoroff pathways rather than by the glycolytic pathway.
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