Use of poly-beta-oxybutyric acid by Yersinia pseudotuberculosis and Listeria monocytegenes bacteria at various temperatures
Buzoleva, L.S.; Chumak, A.D.
Mikrobiologiia 69(6): 770-773
2000
ISSN/ISBN: 0026-3656 PMID: 11195574 Document Number: 512983
A comparative investigation of the intracellular content of poly-beta-hydroxybutyric acid showed that Yersinia pseudotuberculosis strains accumulated, on the average, lower amounts of this reserve substance than Listeria monocytogenes strains. The intracellular pool of poly-beta-hydroxybutyric acid was responsible for the growth of the bacteria at low temperatures (4-6 degrees C) in the absence of any exogenous carbon and energy source.