title: Carbon source utilisation by Bordetella bronchiseptica.
abstract: Bordetella bronchiseptica isolates utilised tricarboxylic acid cycle intermediates -- succinate, citrate, alpha-ketoglutarate, fumarate, lactate and oxalo-acetate; the organic acids pyruvate, acetate and lactate; and the amino acids proline, glutamate, glutamine and tyrosine -- as sole sources of carbon and energy. The inability of B. bronchiseptica isolates, representing the three phase types and from different animal hosts, to utilise carbohydrates and sugar alcohols as sole carbon and energy sources was confirmed and extended. The influence of the carbon substrate on doubling time, piliation, flagellation, motility, capsule production and adherence to mammalian cells was also measured.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Midwestern University, Downers Grove, IL, USA.
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Plotkin
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Bemis
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001422:Bacterial Adhesion; D016667:Bacterial Capsules / Q000096:biosynthesis; D016950:Bordetella bronchiseptica / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D050260:Carbohydrate Metabolism; D002264:Carboxylic Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D002415:Cats; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006224:Cricetinae; D003470:Culture Media; D004285:Dogs; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000382:microbiology; D010861:Fimbriae, Bacterial / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005407:Flagella / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D008168:Lung / Q000382:microbiology; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D051381:Rats; D013402:Sugar Alcohols / Q000378:metabolism; D013552:Swine; D014233:Tricarboxylic Acids / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D002264:Carboxylic Acids; D003470:Culture Media; D013402:Sugar Alcohols; D014233:Tricarboxylic Acids