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Induction of some enzymes of citrate metabolism in Leuconostoc lactis and other heterofermentative lactic acid bacteria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2009

Dervla Mellerick
Affiliation:
The Agricultural Institute, Fermoy, Co. Cork, Irish Republic
Timothy M. Cogan
Affiliation:
The Agricultural Institute, Fermoy, Co. Cork, Irish Republic

Summary

Citrate stimulated growth, totally induced citrate lyase, partly induced acetolactate synthase activity and partly repressed both diacetyl and acetoin reductases in Leuconostoc lactis NCW1. Similar results were obtained with 2 other leuconostocs and a heterofermentative lactobacillus. In 2 of the 3 leuconostocs tested, diacetyl reductase and acetoin reductase were NADPH specific, while in the 2 heterofermentative lactobacilli, they were NADH specific.

Type
Original Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Proprietors of Journal of Dairy Research 1981

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