Open AccessBiochemical diversity of Mycoplasma fermentans strains
Author(s) -
Aşkın Özcan Sema,
Miles Roger
Publication year - 1999
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.1574-6968.1999.tb13659.x
Subject(s) - microbiology and biotechnology , mycoplasma , biology , fructose , respiratory tract , bacteria , isolation (microbiology) , genetics , biochemistry , respiratory system , anatomy
In this study, the metabolism of a diverse range of Mycoplasma fermentans strains was investigated. It was shown that the ability to utilise glucose, fructose and N ‐acetylglucosamine differentiated strains, and that the patterns and kinetics of substrate utilisation were correlated with the site of isolation, i.e. joint fluid, respiratory tract, urinary tract or cell culture. Interestingly, isolates from the urogenital tract of AIDS patients used fructose in preference to glucose. There was also some correlation of fructose and N ‐acetylglucosamine utilisation of isolates with M. fermentans sub‐groups, identified in an independent study, and based on the distribution of insertion sequence‐like elements in the M. fermentans genome.