Open AccessAdenylate energy charge during the life cycle of Myxococcus coralloides D
Author(s) -
González Francisco,
FernándezVivas Antonia,
Muñoz José,
Arias JoséM.,
Montoya Enrique
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
fems microbiology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1574-6968
pISSN - 0378-1097
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1989.tb03011.x
Subject(s) - adenylate kinase , energy charge , chemistry , environmental science , biochemistry , receptor
The adenylate energy charge of cells of Myoococcus coralloides D has been measured during the different stages of its life cycle. The energy charge of the vegetative cells (0.8) did not change significantly either during glycerol‐induced myxospore formation, or during germination of these myxospores. Fruiting body myxospores had a relatively high energy charge (0.65). The adenylate energy charge decreased slightly (from 0.82 to 0.65) throughout fruiting body development and returned to values of vegetative cells in the early hours of germination of fruiting body myxospores. The levels of adenine nucleotide in myxospores in desiccation conditions were similar to those before desiccation.