Abstract
A nutritional study was made of five strains of Bacillus coagulans obtained from various culture collections. These five strains were descendants of two original isolates; three had been derived from one parent culture in years past and the other two were transfers from another parent culture. Therefore, the five cultures should have represented two distinct groups of genetically identical cultures. Three of the strains obtained from one culture collection had become methyl red-negative and sorbitol-negative and had gained abilities to hydrolyze gelatin and ferment arabinose. Nutritional requirements of the five cultures, determined at 37, 45, and 55 C, differed considerably among strains; however, thiamine and biotin were required by all cultures at all temperatures. Aspartic acid was stimulatory at 37 C and was required at 45 C; folic acid, basic amino acids, and certain other nutrilites were required at 55 C. Adenine supplementation was necessary for two strains at 55 C to prevent autolysis; this phenomenon is discussed. The response of these organisms to both serine and the basic amino acids at the three growth temperatures seems especially significant. The media devised for the growth of the five strains of B. coagulans used in this study permit excellent growth at three incubation temperatures.
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