EFFECT OF FRUCTOSE AND OTHER CARBOHYDRATES ON THE SURFACE-PROPERTIES, LIPOTEICHOIC ACID PRODUCTION, AND EXTRACELLULAR PROTEINS OF STREPTOCOCCUS-MUTANS INGBRITT GROWN IN CONTINUOUS CULTURE
EFFECT OF FRUCTOSE AND OTHER CARBOHYDRATES ON THE SURFACE-PROPERTIES, LIPOTEICHOIC ACID PRODUCTION, AND EXTRACELLULAR PROTEINS OF STREPTOCOCCUS-MUTANS INGBRITT GROWN IN CONTINUOUS CULTURE
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DOI:
10.1128/iai.31.1.78-87.1981
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
WICKEN, AJ
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作者:
HARDY, L;JACQUES, NA;WICKEN, AJ
S. mutans Ingbritt was grown in a chemostat at destined dilution rates in either 0.5% fructose or 0.5% sorbitol and at destined pH values in 0.5% fructose. Cell yield was affected by the carbohydrate source and the pH, with the lowest yield being at pH 5.5 in 0.5% fructose. Fructose-grown cells showed greater susceptibility to lysis by a muramidase than the corresponding glucose-grown cells, but there were no marked differences in the lytic susceptibilities of the corresponding cell wall preparations or in the serological reactivities of wall lysates with antiserum to S. mutans Ingbritt. The greatest amounts of cellular lipoteichoic acid were obtained at high dilution rates in fructose and sorbitol, as well as at high pH values in fructose. The greatest amounts of extracellular lipoteichoic acid were found at low dilution rates, by rocket immunoelectrophoresis, and the effects of growth conditions on these components were determined. There was genotypic variation for batch-grown cultures in the susceptibility of cells to lysis by a muramidase. The enhancement of lipoteichoic acid production by fructose and sorbital in batch cultures was not identical in representative strains of S. mutans serotype c, nor was the effect of fructose found uniformly in representative strains of the different S. mutans serotypes.