Enterococcus faecalis Grows on Ascorbic Acid | Zendy

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Enterococcus faecalis Grows on Ascorbic Acid

Author(s) -

Ibrahim Mehmeti,

Margrete Solheim,

Ingolf F. Nes,

Helge Holo

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

applied and environmental microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552

H-Index - 324

eISSN - 1070-6291

pISSN - 0099-2240

DOI - 10.1128/aem.00228-13

Subject(s) - enterococcus faecalis , ascorbic acid , yield (engineering) , amino acid , chemistry , bacteria , biochemistry , chemically defined medium , food science , enterococcus , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , escherichia coli , in vitro , antibiotics , materials science , metallurgy , gene , genetics

We show that Enterococcus faecalis can utilize ascorbate for fermentative growth. In chemically defined media, growth yield was limited by the supply of amino acids, and the cells showed a much higher demand for amino acids than when they were grown on glucose.

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