Effect of haemin limitation on the cytochrome complement and glucose metabolism of non-typable Haemophilus influenzae.

doi:10.1099/00222615-37-2-133

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Effect of haemin limitation on the cytochrome complement and glucose metabolism of non-typable Haemophilus influenzae.

Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Aug 1992

O'Reilly T, MacIver I, Poole R K, Niven D F, Martin P G, Brown M R

Abstract excerpt

Haemophilus influenzae grown to exponential phase or stationary phase in medium with a low initial concentration of haemin (0.25 microgram/ml) was virtually devoid of cytochromes. Compared with bacteria grown in the presence of excess haemin (10 micrograms/ml), the haemin-limited organisms failed...

Topics

Bronchiectasis
Culture Media
Cytochromes
Formates
Glucose
Haemophilus influenzae
Hemin
Humans
L-Lactate Dehydrogenase
Lactates
Oxygen Consumption
Phenotype
Sputum

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