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Carbohydrate transport in bacteria under environmental conditions, a black box?

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek ·Vol. 63 ·No. 3-4 ·1993-00-00 ·Pages 275-88

Lengeler JW

Abstract

A typical eubacterium carries a battery of substrate transport systems which are the ultimate pacemakers for growth. These systems reflect a billion year old selection for coping with rapidly changing conditions in the environment and each of them is optimised for specific growth conditions. Metabolic pathways in combination with transport systems can be interpreted as transient sensory systems, where a transport system corresponds to a sensor for external stimuli. Characteristics is a tightly linked common control between a carbohydrate metabolic pathway and the corresponding transport system. Many of the observed growth phenomena are a direct result of adaptation and regulation of transport capacity to rapid changes in environmental conditions. Some of the better understood examples are discusses. Nevertheless, knowledge on bacterial carbohydrate transport under environmental conditions as documented in the literature is still scarce.

MeSH Terms
Adaptation, Physiological Bacteria/growth & development,metabolism Biological Transport/physiology Carbohydrate Metabolism Environmental Microbiology Substrate Specificity
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Lengeler J W
Universität Osnabrück, Fachbereich Biologie/Chemie, Germany.
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Article Info
Journal
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Abbr.
Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek
ISSN
0003-6072
DOI
10.1007/BF00871223
Published
1993-00-00
Pages
275-88
Language
English
Region
Netherlands
NLM ID
0372625
Subset
IM
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PubMed source DOI: 10.1007/BF00871223 View journal details
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