Abstract
Alcaligenes eutrophus did not form the key enzymes of autotrophic metabolism, the soluble and particulate hydrogenases and ribulosebisphosphate carboxylase (RuBPC), during heterotrophic growth on succinate in batch cultures. During succinate-limited growth in a chemostat, high activities of both hydrogenases were observed. With decreasing dilution rate (D) the steady-state hydrogenase activity (H) followed first-order kinetics, expressed as follows: H = Hmax .e-alpha.D. An identical correlation was observed when autotrophic growth in a chemostat was limited by molecular hydrogen. During autotrophic growth under oxygen or carbon dioxide limitation, the activity if the soluble hydrogenase was low. These data suggested that hydrogenase formation depended on the availability of reducing equivalents to the cells. RuBPC activities were not correlated with the hydrogenase activities. During succinate-limited growth, RuBPC appeared at intermediate activities. During autotrophic growth in a carbon dioxide-limited chemostat, RuBPC was highly derepressed. RuBPC activity was not detected in cells that suffered from energy limitation with a surplus of carbon, as in a heterotrophic oxygen-limited chemostat, nor was it detected in cells limited in carbon and energy, as in the case of complete exhaustion of a heterotrophic substrate. From these data I concluded that RuBPC formation in A. eutrophus depends on two conditions, namely, carbon starvation and an excess of reducing equivalents.
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