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Decrease in respiration activity related to prodigiosin synthesis in Serratia marcescens.

N Kobayashi·Y Ichikawa
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Variation in the cell respiration rate of pigmented and nonpigmented strains of Serratia marcescens was exhibited. The respiration rate of a pigmented strain decreased earlier than that of nonpigmented strains in the late exponential or early stationary phase. However when prodigiosin synthesis was not induced by exchange of carbon sources in the medium, the decrease in the respiration rate of the pigmented strain was the same as that of nonpigmented strains. Measurement of the oxygen consumption rate in the sonicated cell membrane by adding NADH solution showed that the rate in the pigmented strain was lower than that in nonpigmented strains. Furthermore, the cell membrane of prodigiosin-induced organisms was more sensitive to respiration inhibitors than that of pigment-noninduced organisms of the pigmented strain. These results showed that the respiration activity was decreased by prodigiosin synthesis in S. marcescens.

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N Kobayashi, Y Ichikawa. 1985. Decrease in respiration activity related to prodigiosin synthesis in Serratia marcescens.. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1348-0421.1985.tb00828.x

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