title: Induction of microcin B17 formation in Escherichia coli ZK650 by limitation of oxygen and glucose is independent of glucose consumption rate.
abstract: We examined the consumption of glucose from the media in which Escherichia coli ZK650 was grown. This organism, which produces the polypeptide antibiotic microcin B17 best under conditions of limiting supplies of glucose and air, was grown with a low level of glucose (0.5 mg/ml) as well as a high level (5.0 mg/ml) under both high and low aeration. Glucose consumption rates were virtually identical under both high and low aeration. Thus, glucose consumption rate is not a regulating factor in microcin B17 formation.
authors.affiliation: Fermentation Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Demain
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D001430:Bacteriocins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism*; D010455:Peptides; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001430:Bacteriocins; D010455:Peptides; C020411:microcin; D005947:Glucose; D010100:Oxygen