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. 1988 Jul;170(7):3065–3071. doi: 10.1128/jb.170.7.3065-3071.1988

Effect of extreme salt concentrations on the physiology and biochemistry of Halobacteroides acetoethylicus.

S Rengpipat 1, S E Lowe 1, J G Zeikus 1
PMCID: PMC211250  PMID: 3290195

Abstract

Halobacteroides acetoethylicus grew in media with 6 to 20% NaCl and displayed optimal growth at 10% NaCl. When grown in medium with an [NaCl] of 1.7 M, the internal cytoplasmic [Na+] and [Cl-] were 0.92 and 1.2 M, respectively, while K+ and Mg2+ concentrations in cells were 0.24 and 0.02 M, respectively. Intracellular [Na+] was fourfold higher than intracellular [K+]. Since Na+ and Cl- ions were not excluded from the cell, the influence of high salt concentrations on key enzyme activities was investigated in crude cell extracts. Activities greater than 60% of the maximal activity of the following key catabolic enzymes occurred at the following [NaCl] ranges: glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, 1 to 2 M; alcohol dehydrogenase (NAD linked), 2 to 4 M; pyruvate dehydrogenase, 0.5 to 1 M; and hydrogenase (methyl viologen linked), 0.5 to 3 M. These studies support the hypothesis that obligately halophilic, anaerobic eubacteria adapt to extreme salt concentrations differently than do halophilic, aerobic eubacteria, because they do not produce osmoregulants or exclude Cl-. This study also demonstrated that these halophilic, anaerobic eubacteria have a physiological similarity to archaebacterial halophiles, since Na+ and Cl- are present in high concentrations and are required for enzymatic activity.

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