title: Metabolism of Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris MG 1363 in acid stress conditions.
abstract: The metabolism of glucose by Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris MG 1363 remains homolactic whatever the pH of the culture medium. The growth rate decreased with the acidification of the medium until a limit pH value of 4.0 for which no growth was observed. In contrast, the specific rate of glucose consumption decreased only for very low pH values, i.e., below 4.5. The efficiency of biomass synthesis relative to the energy supply decreased when the medium pH diminished, as illustrated by Y(ATP) values. This observation was related to the increase in both components of the proton-motive force when the pH decreased. The growth stopped when the internal pH reached a limit value of 5.4 due to organic acid accumulation.
authors.affiliation: Centre de Bioingénierie Gilbert Durand, UMR CNRS 5504, UR 792 INRA, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées, Toulouse, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mercade
authors.forename: N D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Lindley
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Loubière
mesh_terms: D004734:Energy Metabolism; D005285:Fermentation; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D013294:Lactococcus lactis / Q000378:metabolism*; D018892:Proton-Motive Force