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A mutant of Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides lacking the H2O2- producing enzyme L-alpha-glycerophosphate oxidase.
FEMS microbiology letters - 1 Oct 1990
Wadher B J, Henderson C L, Miles R J, Varsani H
Abstract excerpt
Cells of Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides grown without stirring or aeration in batch culture, and resuspended in a salts solution, oxidised a range of carbohydrates including glycerol. The rate of glycerol oxidation was not reduced when cells were passaged more than 20 times in batch culture. However, in cells grown in stirred and aerated chemostat culture for 100 generations the ability to oxidise glycerol,...
Topics
- Culture Media
- Glucose
- Glycerol
- Glycerolphosphate Dehydrogenase
- Hydrogen Peroxide
- Mutation
- Mycoplasma mycoides
- Oxidation-Reduction