THE NUTRITION OF VIBRIO COSTICOLUS: I. A SIMPLIFIED SYNTHETIC MEDIUM

1962 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 923-928 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. L. Flannery ◽  
Dianne M. Kennedy
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Sodium Chloride ◽  
Sodium Nitrate ◽  
Growth Response ◽  
Synthetic Medium ◽  
Potassium Phosphate ◽  
Maximum Growth ◽  
Potassium Phosphate Buffer ◽  
Liquid Synthetic Medium

A liquid synthetic medium is described in which Vibrio costicolus grows well in 24 hours. The medium contains glucose, L-cystine, L-glutamic acid, L-arginine, DL-valine, DL-isoleucine, potassium phosphate buffer, magnesium sulphate, sodium nitrate, and sodium chloride. The addition of 10 vitamins, 3 bases, 14 amino acids, and 5 salts did not improve the medium. No growth was obtained if cystine, glucose, or sodium chloride was omitted from the medium. The remaining constituents of the simplified medium were not essential but were found necessary for maximum growth. An amino acid antagonism was observed between valine and isoleucine. When added alone, either amino acid depressed the growth response, but when added together they were stimulatory.

Repair of salt tolerance and recovery of lost D-alanine and magnesium following sublethal heating of Staphylococcus aureus are independent events

1981 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 627-632 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Hurst ◽  
A. Hughes
Keyword(s):  
Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Salt Tolerance ◽  
Phosphate Buffer ◽  
Synthetic Medium ◽  
Potassium Phosphate ◽  
Complex Media ◽  
Rich Medium ◽  
Potassium Phosphate Buffer ◽  
Heat Damage ◽  
Independent Events

Sublethal heating of Staphylococcus aureus S6 in potassium phosphate buffer caused loss of salt tolerance, D-alanine, and magnesium. During incubation in rich complex media all three of the damaged sites were repaired. Repair occurred more slowly but went to completion in a dilute synthetic medium (DSM), free of D-ala. DSM plus penicillin or D-cycloserine allowed repair of salt tolerance but recovery of normal levels of D-ala or Mg was prevented. When DSM-repaired cells were cultured into fresh rich medium they grew rapidly after a short lag. Cells which had acquired their salt tolerance in DSM plus cycloserine and were D-ala and Mg deficient grew slowly and had a lag of 3 h. We suggest that heat damage has two separate primary targets in S. aureus cells: the membrane, which is manifested by loss of salt tolerance, and a second site, possibly teichoic acids, manifested by loss of D-ala and Mg.

QUALITATIVE STUDIES OF SOIL MICROORGANISMS: IX. AMINO ACID REQUIREMENTS OF RHIZOSPHERE BACTERIA

1950 ◽  
Vol 28c (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. H. Wallace ◽  
A. G. Lochhead
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Soil Microorganisms ◽  
Maximum Growth ◽  
Defined Medium ◽  
Chemically Defined Medium ◽  
Special Significance ◽  
Specific Amino Acid ◽  
Pronounced Decrease ◽  
Amino Acid Requirements

A study was made of the more specific amino acid requirements of bacteria from the rhizospheres of clover, flax, and wheat plants for which a chemically defined medium containing 23 amino acids provided essentials for maximum growth. Of seven groups of amino acids, the sulphur-containing group (cysteine, methionine, and taurine) was found to be of special significance, the omission of this group resulting in a pronounced decrease in the percentage of organisms able to develop. Further study of organisms dependent upon this group of amino acids for growth showed methionine to be by far the most essential compound. While evident for bacteria from the rhizosphere of all three crops, the effect was more pronounced in the case of clover than with flax or wheat.

Enrichment of bacteriorhodopsin with isotopically labeled amino acids by biosynthetic incorporation in Halobacterium halobium

1992 ◽  
Vol 38 (11) ◽  
pp. 1181-1185 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. L. Helgerson ◽  
S. L. Siemsen ◽  
E. A. Dratz
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Synthetic Medium ◽  
Optimal Growth ◽  
Isotopic Labeling ◽  
Maximum Growth ◽  
Integral Membrane Protein ◽  
Maximum Growth Rate ◽  
Halobacterium Halobium ◽  
Isoleucine Leucine ◽  
Complete Synthetic Medium

The growth of Halobacterium halobium was optimized in a chemically defined synthetic medium. Arginine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, tyrosine, and valine were found to be essential for growth. Optimal growth rates and cell yields were obtained when the medium was also supplemented with the nonessential amino acids alanine, asparagine, glutamic acid, glycine, phenylalanine, proline, serine, and threonine. The complete synthetic medium supported the same maximum growth rate, cell yield, and production of the integral membrane protein bacteriorhodopsin as was obtained in a complex peptone-based growth medium. Using this defined synthetic medium, isotopically labeled bacteriorhodopsin was produced with several 13C-enriched amino acids. The yield of 13C-labeled bacteriorhodopsin was greater than 35 milligrams of purified protein per litre of cell culture. Key words: bacteriorhodopsin, biosynthetic isotopic labeling, synthetic culture medium, nuclear magnetic resonance.

Total amino acid requirements of weaned piglets 8 to 25 kg live weight given diets based on wheat and soya-bean meal fortified with free amino acids

1992 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 281-287 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Gatel ◽  
G. Buron ◽  
J. Fékéte
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Free Amino ◽  
Amino Acid Content ◽  
Live Weight ◽  
Maximum Growth ◽  
Soya Bean ◽  
Weaned Piglets ◽  
Bean Meal ◽  
Soya Bean Meal

AbstractTwo experiments were carried out with weaned piglets from 8 to 25 kg live weight in order to determine the dietary amino acid content necessary for maximum growth. Six diets based on wheat, soya-bean meal, soya-bean oil and free amino acids were compared in each experiment. Essential amino acids were in the same relative proportion for all diets: (methionine + cystine)/lysine = 0·60 to 0·65; threonine/lysine = 0·65; tryptophan/lysine = 0·19. The range of amino acid content was 9·53 to 12·52 g lysine per kg in the first experiment and 11·34 to 15·94 g lysine per kg in the second experiment. The number of piglets used per diet was 136 (20 pens) and 106 (16 pens) in respectively the first and the second experiment. The relationship between either dietary lysine content or daily lysine intake and growth rate was quadratic and significant. Dietary lysine content and daily lysine intake which enable maximum growth were calculated according to this model. Dietary lysine contents were 15·5 and 14·9 g/kg for the first 3 weeks (8 to 17 kg) and for the overall post-weaning period (8 to 25 kg) respectively. Daily lysine intakes were 10·6 and 13·3 g/day respectively for the same two periods. Reasons for these values being higher than those currently cited are discussed.

A Study of Relations between the Absorption of Amino Acids, Dipeptides, Water and Electrolytes in the Normal Human Jejunum

1975 ◽  
Vol 49 (5) ◽  
pp. 401-408 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. B. A. Silk ◽  
P. D. Fairclough ◽  
Nicola J. Park ◽  
Annette E. Lane ◽  
Joan P. W. Webb ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Sodium Chloride ◽  
Human Subjects ◽  
Sodium Content ◽  
Sodium Chloride Solutions ◽  
Electrolyte Absorption ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Osmotic Solution ◽  
Normal Human

1. A double-lumen perfusion technique was used to study the effect of a wide range of concentrations of the dipeptide glycyl-l-alanine and its constituent amino acids on water and electrolyte absorption from iso-osmotic solutions in the upper jejunum of normal human subjects. 2. There was no significant absorption of water and electrolytes from sodium chloride solution (150 mmol/l) but the presence of the dipeptide or its constituent amino acids stimulated water and electrolyte absorption. 3. Water absorption reached a peak at increasing amino acid and dipeptide concentrations and then tailed off. Our data suggest that the tailing off is not solely due to the diminished sodium content of the solutions. 4. During perfusion of the dipeptide-sodium chloride and amino acid-sodium chloride solutions solute and water were absorbed as an iso-osmotic solution. Analysis of the results indicates that this could occur at high dipeptide concentrations only if the majority of the dipeptide enters the cell intact.

scholarly journals Amino acid composition of proteins in halophilic phototrophic bacteria of the genus Ectothiorhodospira

1983 ◽  
Vol 29 (12) ◽  
pp. 1675-1679 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johannes F. Imhoff ◽  
Donn J. Kushner ◽  
Peter J. Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Amino Acid Composition ◽  
Acid Composition ◽  
Heterotrophic Bacteria ◽  
Maximum Growth ◽  
High Salt ◽  
Halobacterium Halobium ◽  
Total Proteins ◽  
Low Salt

The amino acid composition of total proteins of eight Ectothiorhodospira strains with different salt optima and of separated membranes of selected strains have been determined. Amino acid compositions were compared with those reported for nonhalophilic phototrophic and heterotrophic bacteria and Halobacterium halobium. The membrane fractions from Ectothiorhodospira strains requiring high salt for maximum growth contained more polar and less nonpolar amino acids than strains with low salt requirements or nonhalophilic bacteria. The content of intermediate amino acids increased with the increasing halophilic properties of the Ectothiorhodospira strains. Proteins which function in high-salt environments may therefore require such compositions to maintain their structures in highly ionic solutions.

scholarly journals FURTHER CHARACTERIZATION OF BOVINE KERATOHYALIN

1972 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 453-464 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arthur R. Ugel ◽  
William Idler
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Guanidine Hydrochloride ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Potassium Phosphate ◽  
Potassium Phosphate Buffer ◽  
Extraction Pattern ◽  
Ultrastructural Characteristics ◽  
Sodium Decyl Sulfate

Extraction of serial sections of cattle hoof epidermis with solutions of calcium chloride, magnesium chloride, potassium chloride, sodium chloride, guanidine hydrochloride, ammonium sulfate, and potassium phosphate buffer (pH 7.0) at varying salt concentrations demonstrates that keratohyalin (KH) is extracted by these salts at certain molarities. Under given conditions of time and temperature, each salt has a specific extraction pattern, and similar salts have similar extraction patterns. Dialysis of the salt extracts of hoof epidermis against distilled water results in the macroaggregition of KH, as assayed by histochemical methods. Although the various macroaggregates appear identical at the histochemical level, they display different ultrastructural characteristics. Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of the sodium decyl sulfate-solubilized macroaggregates results in the fractionation of a 20 (or more) member homologous series of oligomers. Isolation of the various oligomeric species of bovine keratohyalin and re-electrophoresis indicate that the various KH species can undergo depolymerization. Amino acid analyses of the unfractionated bovine macroaggregates and the various molecular weight species of bovine KH are similar, further demonstrating homology of the oligomers. The molecular weight of the subunit (monomer) of bovine KH is 14,955, estimated from the amino acid analyses.

Components in brain heart infusion selective for chromogenic variants of Staphylococcus aureus

1970 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 91-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph T. Parisi ◽  
Michael P. Kiley
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Chromatographic Analysis ◽  
Synthetic Medium ◽  
Brain Heart Infusion ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Complete Synthetic Medium ◽  
Liquid Chromatographic Analysis ◽  
Liquid Chromatographic

Large numbers of chromogenic variants were isolated from cultures of a parent strain of Staphylococcus aureus growing in the dialysate but not in the residue of brain heart infusion (Difco). Gas–liquid chromatographic analysis of the dialysate detected 18 amino acids in this medium. Large numbers of chromogenic variants also were isolated from 13 of 18 synthetic media deficient in a single amino acid but not in the complete synthetic medium containing all 18 amino acids. Gas–liquid chromatographic analysis detected marked quantitative differences in the amino acid metabolites present in a complete synthetic medium and the synthetic medium deficient in arginine after growth for 12 days. The data suggest that differences in the amino acid metabolism of the parent and chromogenic variants could account for the population changes observed in brain heart infusion.

Amino Acid and Protein Metabolism in Hospitalized Patients as Measured by l-[U-14C]Tyrosine and l-[1-14C]Leucine

1983 ◽  
Vol 65 (5) ◽  
pp. 499-505 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sukumar P. Desai ◽  
Lyle L. Moldawer ◽  
Bruce R. Bistrian ◽  
George L. Blackburn
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Sodium Chloride ◽  
Hospitalized Patients ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Protein Kinetics ◽  
Body Protein ◽  
Sodium Chloride Solutions ◽  
Isotonic Sodium Chloride ◽  
Plasma Tyrosine

1. Plasma amino acid kinetics were determined in hospitalized patients receiving one of three intravenous solutions: isotonic amino acids, isotonic sodium chloride, or total parenteral nutrition. 2. Whole body amino acid appearance, oxidation and incorporation into protein were estimated with two different isotopically labelled amino acids: l-[1-14C]leucine and l-[U-14C]tyrosine. 3. A positive correlation was obtained between whole body amino acid appearance, oxidation and incorporation into protein with the two isotopically labelled amino acids. 4. Derivation of whole body protein kinetics with l-[U-14C]tyrosine consistently gave higher values than those obtained from l-[1-14C]leucine, presumably due in part to the contribution of phenylalanine hydroxylation to plasma tyrosine appearance. However, the percentages of amino acid appearance oxidized and used for protein synthesis were similar. 5. It can be concluded that estimates of whole body protein kinetics are qualitatively similar when measured with l-[U-14C]tyrosine and l-[1-14C]leucine in hospitalized patients receiving either isotonic sodium chloride solutions or balanced amino acid intakes.

Binding and Uptake of Amino Acids by Brain Tissue

1973 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. C. Shiu ◽  
K. A. C. Elliott
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Sodium Chloride ◽  
Incubation Medium ◽  
Sucrose Solution ◽  
The Other ◽  
Percentage Increase ◽  
Endogenous Amino Acids ◽  
Sodium Dependent ◽  
Net Uptake

(1) Of the endogenous glutamate, aspartate, alanine, glycine, and γ-aminobutyrate (GABA), 26–37% remains bound in particles when rat brain is homogenized in isosmotic salt-free sucrose solution; a smaller proportion, 16%, of the glutamine is bound. The amounts bound are increased if sodium chloride is present; the percentage increase is greatest in the case of GABA, followed by glutamate, and least with glutamine. When tracer amounts of radioactive amino acids are present in the solution in the absence of salt very little radioactivity appears in bound GABA or glutamine, but appreciable amounts are found in the other amino acids. In the presence of sodium chloride, the total amount of bound amino acid increases as does, to a lesser extent, the radioactivity bound. Ouabain and protoveratrine seem to cause some release of sodium-dependent binding of the amino acids; this is most marked with GABA.(2) Slices incubated in the presence of oxygen and glucose take up each of the amino acids when these are added to the incubation medium. The highest intracellular concentration and the greatest net uptake occur with GABA. The endogenous concentration of glutamate is higher than that of the other amino acids but the net uptake is the least. The highest ratios of uptake to endogenous content occur with alanine and glycine. Determinations of radioactivity indicate that, in the cases of GABA and glycine, the increase in radioactivity in the slices is almost completely accounted for by uptake from the medium with almost no exchange. Some exchange occurs with other amino acids. Protoveratrine inhibits uptake of all the amino acids and actually causes loss of glutamate and aspartate from slices. Ouabain inhibits in all cases; the uptakes of glutamate and aspartate are least affected. Tetrodotoxin, alone or with either of the other two drugs, tends to increase uptake of all the amino acids. When the net uptake is inhibited by drugs considerable exchange of endogenous amino acids with radioactive amino acids in the medium is observed.

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