Thiobarbiturate-reacting Materials in Microorganisms1

AUTOR(ES)

Vincent, William F.

RESUMO

The amount of thiobarbiturate-reacting material in 51 strains of bacteria and three yeasts was determined. Reactive material was found to be present in all of the gram-negative bacteria examined. It was assumed that the reactive material in this case was primarily 2-keto-3-deoxyoctonate (KDO), an eight-carbon sugar acid which is usually associated with the cell wall lipolysaccharide of members of the Salmonella-Escherichia group. Very little reactive material could be detected in the gram-positive species and yeasts that were examined. When expressed as per cent dry weight, the gram-negative bacteria exhibited about eight times more reactive material than the gram-positive species. It is suggested that the small amount of reactive material detected in gram-positive cells and yeasts is due to compounds other than KDO.

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