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The end products of the metabolism of aromatic amino acids by Clostridia.

Archives of microbiology ·Vol. 107 ·No. 3 ·1976-04-01 ·Pages 283-8

Elsden SR, Hilton MG, Waller JM

Abstract

The end products of the metabolism of phenylalanine, tyrosine and tryptophan by growing cultures of clostridia have been identified. The species used were Clostridium aminovalericum; C. bifermentans; C. botulinum proteolytic type A; C. botulinum proteolytic type B; C. cochlearium; C. difficile; C. ghoni; C. histolyticum; C. lentoputrescens; C. limosum; C. lituseburense; C. malenomenatum; C. mangenoti; C. propionicum; C. putrefaciens; C. sordellii; C. sporogenes; C. sporosphaeroides; C. sticklandii; C. subterminale; C. tetani; C. tetanomorphum. The mixture of aromatic compounds formed, which depended upon the species, included phenyl acetic acid, phenyl propionic acid, phenyl lactic acid, phenol, p-cresol, p-hydroxy phenyl acetic acid, p-hydroxy phenyl propionic acid, indole, indole acetic acid and indole propionic acid.

MeSH Terms
Amino Acids/metabolism Clostridium/metabolism Indoleacetic Acids/metabolism Indoles/metabolism Phenols/metabolism Phenylacetates/metabolism Phenylalanine/metabolism Tryptophan/metabolism Tyrosine/metabolism
Chemicals
Amino Acids Indoleacetic Acids Indoles Phenols Phenylacetates Tyrosine Phenylalanine Tryptophan
Authors & Affiliations
3 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Elsden S R
Hilton M G
Waller J M
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Article Info
Journal
Archives of microbiology
Abbr.
Arch Microbiol
ISSN
0302-8933
DOI
10.1007/BF00425340
Published
1976-04-01
Pages
283-8
Language
English
Region
Germany
NLM ID
0410427
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1007/BF00425340 View journal details
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