UPTAKE OF GLUTAMATE BY VIBRIO-CHOLERAE IN MEDIA OF LOW AND HIGH OSMOLARITY, AND IN SEAWATER

Authors
MUNRO PM GAUTHIER MJ
Citation
Pm. Munro et Mj. Gauthier, UPTAKE OF GLUTAMATE BY VIBRIO-CHOLERAE IN MEDIA OF LOW AND HIGH OSMOLARITY, AND IN SEAWATER, Letters in applied microbiology, 18(4), 1994, pp. 197-199
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Letters in applied microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
02668254
Volume
18
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
197 - 199
Database
ISI
SICI code
0266-8254(1994)18:4<197:UOGBVI>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Uptake of glutamate by Vibrio cholerae was investigated in media of di fferent osmotic pressure. Accumulation was higher at high osmotic pres sures and most accumulation was within the first 6 min of incubation. Greater degradation of glutamate by cells incubated at low osmolarity was insufficient to account for the difference in accumulation levels. The results suggest the glutamate uptake may be important in adaptati on of V. cholerae to high salinities such as encountered in estuarine and marine environments.