L. Novak et al., METABOLISM AND ENERGETICS OF LACTOCOCCUS-LACTIS DURING GROWTH IN COMPLEX OR SYNTHETIC MEDIA, Applied and environmental microbiology, 63(7), 1997, pp. 2665-2670
When Lactococcus lactis was grown in various complex or synthetic medi
a, the fermentation of glucose remained homolactic whatever the medium
used, with a global carbon balance of about 87%, Moreover, the nitrog
en balance was not equilibrated, indicating that some amino acids led
to the production of unknown nitrogen-containing carbon compounds whil
e part of the glucose might contribute to anabolic pathways. In minima
l medium containing six amino acids, a high concentration of serine wa
s deaminated to pyruvate. This did not occur in more complete media, s
uggesting the presence of a regulation of this phenomenon by an amino
acid, Ammonia produced during serine consumption was partly reconsumed
after serine exhaustion. The values for biomass yield and biomass yie
ld relative to ATP (Y-ATP), the maximal growth rate, the specific rate
of glucose consumption, and the corresponding rate of ATP synthesis a
ll increased with the complexity of the medium, amino acid composition
having the most pronounced effect. The Y-ATP values were shown to ran
ge from 6.6 to 17.6 g of biomass.mol of ATP(-1) on minimal and complex
media.