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J Bacteriol. 1978 February; 133(2): 717-728
Copyright © 1978 American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Mannitol and Fructose Catabolic Pathways of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Carbohydrate-Negative Mutants and Pleiotropic Effects of Certain Enzyme Deficiencies

P. V. Phibbs Jr.¹, S. M. McCowen, T. W. Feary² and W. T. Blevins

¹ Department of Microbiology, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23298,
² Department of Microbiology, School of Dentistry, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70119

ABSTRACT

Mutant strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO were isolated on the basis of their inability to utilize mannitol as sole carbon source for growth. Four linkage groups (I through IV) among these mutant strains were resolved by two-factor crosses using the general transducing phage F116, and the strains appeared to contain point mutations as evidenced by ability to give rise to spontaneous revertants with wild phenotype on mannitol minimal agar. Group I strains were affected only in ability to grow on mannitol; all were deficient in inducible mannitol dehydrogenase activity, and all but one were deficient in inducible mannitol transport activity. Fructokinase was induced in group I strains and in wild-type bacteria during growth in the presence of mannitol but not fructose, indicating the presence of a pathway specific for endogenously generated fructose. Cells grown on fructose contained phosphoenolpyruvate:fructose-1-phosphotransferase activity, and mannitol-grown cells contained a lower level of this activity. Group II mutants were deficient in constitutive phosphoglucoisomerase, failed to grow on mannitol, grew very slowly on glycerol and fructose, but grew normally on glucose and gluconate. Group III strains were deficient in both nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide- and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate-linked glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activities that reside in a single enzyme species. 6-Phosphogluconate appeared to be the inductive effector for this enzyme, which was not required for aerobic growth on glucose or gluconate. A single mannitol-negative mutant in group IV also failed to grow on glycerol and glucose, but no biochemical lesion was identified.

Present address: Biology Department, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284.

Present address: Department of Botany and Microbiology, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36830.

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