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. 1975 Dec;124(3):1101–1105. doi: 10.1128/jb.124.3.1101-1105.1975

Glycerol dissimilation in Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides.

L Pike, G A Sojka
PMCID: PMC236012  PMID: 1081535

Abstract

Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides followed a diauxic growth curve when grown on a malate-glycerol medium, the first phase of growth being supported by malate and the second by glycerol. A soluble glycerokinase and a particulate, pyridine nucleotide-independent glycerophosphate dehydrogenase, were induced by the presence of glycerol in the medium, but neither was fully expressed nor functional until all malate had been consumed.

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