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Phenotypic diversity of anaerobic glycerol dissimilation shown by seven enterobacterial species.

The anaerobic glycerol pathway was studied in seven enterobacterial species selected as representative of different behaviours in terms of anaerobic glycerol dissimilation. The presence of oxidative and reductive pathways of the dha regulon in Klebsiella pneumoniae enabled the cells to grow fermentatively on glycerol. The first two enzymes of the dha regulon (glycerol dehydrogenase type I and dihydroxyacetone kinase) represent the oxidative branch, while the latter two (glycerol dehydratase and 1,3-propanediol dehydrogenase) represent the reductive branch of glycerol fermentation. The slower utilization of glycerol by K. oxytoca was attributed to low production of 1,3-propanediol. K. oxytoca lacked glycerol dehydratase and demonstrated low 1,3-propanediol dehydrogenase activity. K. planticola and K. ozaenae differed from K. pneumoniae and K. oxytoca in lacking the ability to grow on glycerol. K. planticola lacked both enzymes of the reductive branch of glycerol fermentation, and K. ozaenae possessed glycerol dehydrogenase only. K. rhinoscleromatis and Hafnia alvei, like Escherichia coli, did not possess a dha regulon. The glycerol dehydrogenase type II of H. alvei was distinct from that of E. coli. The phenotypic diversity of anaerobic glycerol dissimilation may have taxonomic applications.[1]

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  1. Phenotypic diversity of anaerobic glycerol dissimilation shown by seven enterobacterial species. Bouvet, O.M., Lenormand, P., Carlier, J.P., Grimont, P.A. Res. Microbiol. (1994) [Pubmed]
 
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