Growth yield and energy generation in anaerobically-grown Campylobacter spec.
An anaerobic continuous culture study was made with Campylobacter spec. to determine growth yields under various growth conditions. The growth media contained 0.1% (w/v) yeast extract as carbon source. When grown in an aspartate-limited culture Ymaxasp was 4.6. Inclusion of formate in the culture medium hardly affected the true growth yield. The number of ATP equivalents generated in the fumarate-reductase system was 0.66 and the YmaxATP was 7.0. In the nitrate reduction with formate 1.7 ATP equivalents were generated, and a YmaxNO3- of 12.2 was observed. The true growth yield obtained with a mixture of lactate and aspartate was lower than that found with aspartate alone.
D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000096:biosynthesis; D000693:Anaerobiosis; D001224:Aspartic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D002167:Campylobacter / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism; D004579:Electron Transport; D005285:Fermentation; D005561:Formates / Q000378:metabolism*; D005650:Fumarates / Q000378:metabolism*; D009566:Nitrates / Q000378:metabolism*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction
D005561:Formates; D005650:Fumarates; D009566:Nitrates; D001224:Aspartic Acid; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate