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. 1987 Oct;53(10):2600–2602. doi: 10.1128/aem.53.10.2600-2602.1987

Citrate Cycle Intermediates in the Metabolism of Aspartate and Lactate by Propionibacterium freudenreichii subsp. shermanii

Vaughan L Crow 1
PMCID: PMC204154  PMID: 16347477

Abstract

Propionibacterium freudenreichii subsp. shermanii metabolized 7 mol of aspartate to 6 mol of succinate, 4 mol of CO2, and 7 mol of ammonia. When lactate, sparged with 100% CO2, was fermented at pH 5.5, unexpectedly high ratios of propionate to acetate were obtained (i.e., 3.2 to 3.8:1). Citrate cycle intermediates may be involved in these fermentations.

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