Abstract
A synthetic medium capable of supporting growth of Vibrio parahaemolyticus is described. Growth yields and generation times were comparable to growth in a complex medium, although Kanagawa hemolysin was undetectable in the synthetic medium. Upon the addition of single amino acids to this synthetic medium, only D-tryptophan induced production of the hemolysin. L-Tryptophan was found to inhibit the action of the D-stereoisomer. The response to D-tryptophan was pH dependent; the greatest hemolysin expression occurred at pH values below 6.5. The addition of 100 micrometers D-tryptophan to early-logarithmic-phase cultures caused an inhibition of growth and of substrate utilization, both of which lasted 7 h. During this time, hemolysin was produced only intracellularly. The hemolysin appeared in the supernatant only when growth recommenced. The hemolysins within the cell and in the supernatant were both inactivated by antiserum raised against the standard Kanagawa hemolysin.
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