CARBON SOURCE UTILIZATION BY BORDETELLA-BRONCHISEPTICA

Bordetella bronchiseptica isolates utilised tricarboxylic acid cycle i ntermediates succinate, citrate, alpha-ketoglutarate, fumarate, lactat e and oxalo-acetate; the organic acids pyruvate, acetate and lactate; and the amino acids proline, glutamate, glutamine and tyrosine - as so le sources of carbon and energy, The inability of B, bronchiseptica is olates, representing the three phase types and from different animal h osts, to utilise carbohydrates and sugar alcohols as sole carbon and e nergy 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.