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Appl. Environ. Microbiol., Jul 1997, 2665-2670, Vol 63, No. 7
Copyright © 1997, American Society for Microbiology

Metabolism and Energetics of Lactococcus lactis during Growth in Complex or Synthetic Media

L Novak, M Cocaign-Bousquet, ND Lindley and P Loubiere
Centre de Bioingenierie Gilbert Durand, UMR CNRS, L.A. INRA, Institut National des Sciences Appliquees, Complexe Scientifique de Rangueil, F-31077 Toulouse Cedex, France

When Lactococcus lactis was grown in various complex or synthetic media, the fermentation of glucose remained homolactic whatever the medium used, with a global carbon balance of about 87%. Moreover, the nitrogen balance was not equilibrated, indicating that some amino acids led to the production of unknown nitrogen-containing carbon compounds while part of the glucose might contribute to anabolic pathways. In minimal medium containing six amino acids, a high concentration of serine was deaminated to pyruvate. This did not occur in more complete media, suggesting the presence of a regulation of this phenomenon by an amino acid. Ammonia produced during serine consumption was partly reconsumed after serine exhaustion. The values for biomass yield and biomass yield relative to ATP (Y(infATP)), the maximal growth rate, the specific rate of glucose consumption, and the corresponding rate of ATP synthesis all increased with the complexity of the medium, amino acid composition having the most pronounced effect. The Y(infATP) values were shown to range from 6.6 to 17.6 g of biomass(middot)mol of ATP(sup-1) on minimal and complex media.

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