ATPase-dependent energy spilling by the ruminal bacterium,Streptococcus bovis |
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Authors: | James B Russell Herbert J Strobel |
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Institution: | (1) Agricultural Research Service, USDA, 14853 Ithaca, NY, USA;(2) Department of Animal Science, Cornell University, 14853 Ithaca, NY, USA |
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Abstract: | When the ruminal bacterium Streptococcus bovis was grown in batch culture with glucose as the energy source, the doubling time was approximately 21 min and the rate of bacterial heat production was proportional to the optical density (1.72 W/ g protein). If exponentially growing cultures were treated with chloramphenicol, there was a decline in heat production, but the rate was greater than 0.30 W/ g protein even after growth ceased. Since there was no heat production after glucose depletion, this growth-independent energy dissipation (spilling) was not simply due to endogenous metabolism. Stationary cells which were washed and incubated in nitrogen-free medium containing an excess of glucose produced heat at a rate of 0.17 W/ g protein. Monensin and tetrachlorosalicylanilide (TCS), compounds which facilitate an influx of protons, caused a more than 2-fold increase in heat production. Dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (DCCD) virtually eliminated growth-independent heat production regardless of the mode of growth inhibition. Because DCCD had little effect on the glucose phosphotransferase system, it appeared that the combined action of proton influx and the membrane bound F1F0 proton ATPase was responsible for energy spilling.Abbreviations DCCD
dicyclohexylcarbodiimide
- TCS
tetrachlorosalicylanilide |
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Keywords: | Heat production Energy spilling Streptococcus bovis Rumen ATPase Growth inhibition |
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