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Use of the adenylate energy charge ratio to measure growth state of natural microbial communities.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America ·Vol. 72 ·No. 6 ·1975-06-00 ·Pages 2112-5

Wiebe WJ, Bancroft K

Abstract

Measurement of the adenylate energy charge ratio is proposed as a means of determining the growth state of natural microbial communities and the effect of environmental changes on them. Observations on microbial cultures and on natural microbial populations from the Western North Atlantic Ocean water and from sediments of a costal salt marsh show that energy charge measurements do show the metabolic state of communities as well as species populations.

MeSH Terms
Adenine Nucleotides/metabolism Adenosine Triphosphate/analysis Bacteria/analysis,drug effects,growth & development Energy Metabolism Enterobacteriaceae/growth & development,metabolism Environment Glucose/pharmacology Pseudomonas aeruginosa/growth & development,metabolism Seawater
Chemicals
Adenine Nucleotides Adenosine Triphosphate Glucose
Authors & Affiliations
2 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Wiebe W J
Bancroft K
References (4)
4 references, click to expand
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    Annu Rev Microbiol. 1969;23:47-68 PMID: 4900062
  2. Adenylate energy charge in Escherichia coli during growth and starvation.
    J Bacteriol. 1971 Dec;108(3):1072-86 PMID: 4333317
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    Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1972 Sep 5;48(5):1041-8 PMID: 4626609
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Article Info
Journal
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Abbr.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
ISSN
0027-8424
DOI
10.1073/pnas.72.6.2112
Published
1975-06-00
Pages
2112-5
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
7505876
PMCID
PMC432706
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1073/pnas.72.6.2112 PMC Full Text View journal details
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