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TABLE VIII
DECOMPOSITION OF 2-KETO-D-GLUCONATE
BY VARIOUS BACTERIA, YEASTS, AND MOLDS
Organism"
Pseudomonas aromatica
P. aeruginosa
P. putida
P. aromatica var. quercitopyrogallica
P. fluorescent (2)
P. ovalis
P. convexa
P. viscosa
Xanthomonas phaseoli
X. campestris
X. pruni
Agrobacterium tumefaciens
Corynebacterium simplex (2)
C. helvolum
C. poinsettiae
Flavobacterium aquatile
Bacterium (Escherichia)
B. coli I
B. coli I
Bacterium coli II (3)
B. coli-anaerogenes
B. intermedium I (4)
B. intermedium II
Bacterium (Aerobacter)
B. aerogenes I (8)
B. aerogenes II
B. aerogenes II (2)
B. cloacae ("4)
Paracolobactrum aerogenoides
Bacterium (Klebsiella)
B. pneumoniae (3)
B. rhinoscleromatis
B. ozaenae
Serratia plymuthica (2)
Proteus vulgaris
Erwinia carotovora
Bacillus subtilis
B. cereus var. mycoides
Degree of
growth
6
+ + + +
+ + +
+ + +
+ + +
+ + +
+ + +
+ + +
+ + +
+
+
+
+ + + +
+ + + +
+ + + +
+ + +
+ + +
+ (++)
+ + + +
+ + + +
+
+ + + +
+ + + +
+ + + +
+
+ + + +
+ + + +
+ + + +
+ + +
+ +
+ + +
+ + +
+
+ +
+
+
Amount of
2-ketogluconate
decomposed
(%)
75
71
34
73
32-73
40
75
77
5
3
7
73
40-69
73
15
17
5-18
90
59-100
6
100
100
100
100
100
100
27-100
24
65
69
13
11
20
17
o 2
uptake
of
washed
cells
c
Nt
Nt
Nt
Ind.
Ind.
Nt
Nt
Nt
Nt
Nt
Nt
Ind.
Nt
Ind.
Nt
0
0
Nt
Nt
Nt
Ind.
Nt
Ind.
Nt
Nt
Ind.
Ind.
Nt
Nt
Nt
Ind.
0
0
0
Nt
Formation
δ-phosphate by
cell-free
extract
d
+ + +
+ +
Nt
+ +
+
+ + +
Nt
Nt
+
+
+
-
-
—
-
-
Nt
Nt
+ +
Nt
+ + +
Nt
+ + +
Nt
Nt
+ + +
+ + +
Nt
Nt
Nt
+ +
-
+
—
Nt