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J Bacteriol. 1963 November; 86(5): 1025-1029
Copyright © 1963, The Williams & Wilkins Company. All Rights Reserved.

INFLUENCE OF MODERATE TEMPERATURE ON GROWTH AND MALIC DEHYDROGENASE ACTIVITY OF A MARINE PSYCHROPHILE1

Richard Y. Morita and Sheril D. Burton

Departments of Microbiology and Oceanography, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon

ABSTRACT

MORITA, RICHARD Y. (Oregon State University, Corvallis), AND SHERIL D. BURTON. Influence of moderate temperature on growth and malic dehydrogenase activity of a marine psychrophile. J. Bacteriol. 86:1025–1029. 1963.—The maximal and optimal growth temperatures for a marine psychrophilic vibrio (PS 207) were determined to be 30 and 24.5 C, respectively. Malic dehydrogenase was found to be functioning in whole cells at about 1/20 of its observed maximum. Incubation of the cells, prior to or during the assay, at temperatures above the maximal growth temperature permitted the malic dehydrogenase to operate nearer its maximum, but this also inactivated the intracellular enzyme. The heating of whole cells gave an apparent effect of increasing malic dehydrogenase activity. Lysis of the cells permitted the enzyme to function at its full potential but rendered the enzyme more sensitive to heat denaturation. Lysis of the cells also caused the enzyme to lose approximately one-half of its malic dehydrogenase activity with each 10 C drop in temperature, whereas whole cells only lose approximately 1/5 of their enzyme activity at low temperatures with each 10 C drop.

FOOTNOTES

1 Published as technical paper no. 1693, Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station.

J Bacteriol. 1963 November; 86(5): 1025-1029
Copyright © 1963, The Williams & Wilkins Company. All Rights Reserved.





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