Carboligatic activity of escherichia coli

✍ Scribed by Reynolds, H. ;Werkman, C. H.

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag
• Year: 1937
• Weight: 241 KB
• Volume: 8
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0003-9276
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00407195

✦ Synopsis

The formation of acetylmethylcarbinol from glucose by bacteria of the genus Aerobacter has proved to be of distinct value in differentiating the genus from Escherichia. The reliability of the Voges-Proskauer test in differentiating the colon and aeroge~es sections has never been questioned and it is of interest in connection with the work to be reported that organisms of the cell section which are regularly Voges-Proslcauer negative are shown to possess the carboligatic mechanism which is responsible for the formation of acetylmethylcarbinol. However, under the usual conditions of culturing, the carboligase system does not function.