Abstract
During the aerobic growth of Streptococcus faecalis strain 10C1, with limiting levels of glucose as the substrate, a molar growth yield (Y) of 58.2 g (dry weight) per mole of glucose was obtained. Under these conditions of growth, glucose was dissimilated primarily to acetate and CO2. The incorporation of 14C-glucose into cell material was no greater under aerobic conditions than during anaerobic growth. Assuming an adenosine triphosphate coefficient of 10.5, the aerobic Y cannot be explained solely on the basis of substrate phosphorylation and would appear to substantiate previous enzymatic evidence for oxidative phosphorylation in this cytochromeless species. With mannitol as the substrate, an aerobic Y of 64.6 was obtained. Extracts of mannitol-grown cells contained a nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD)-linked mannitol-1-phosphate (M-1-P) dehydrogenase. The difference in aerobic Y values with mannitol and glucose as substrates would indicate that the in vivo P/O ratio from the oxidation of reduced NAD generated by the oxidation of M-1-P approximates 0.6. The Y values with pyruvate and glycerol as substrates under aerobic conditions were 15.5 and 24.7, respectively.
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