Propionic acid bacteria Olivia Rasigraf HMC 2012

General Gram +, non-sporeforming Facultative anaerobes High GC Secondary fermenters Contain cytochromes Habitats: skin, cheese

Incubation at 30°C, dark Lactate-yeast extract broth Isolation

“Emmentaler” habitat Lactobacillus casei Streptococcus thermophilus Propionibacterium shermanii CO 2 3 Lactate → 2 Propionate + 1 Acetate + 1 CO ATP

Methylmalonyl-CoA pathway LactatePyruvateAcetyl-CoA Acetate Acetyl-P Oxidative pathway

Methylmalonyl-CoA pathway Lactate Pyruvate Acetyl-CoAAcetyl-P Acetate Propionate Fumarate Succinate Malate Oxalacetate Reductive pathway Methylmalonyl-CoA mutase (B12)

Acrylyl-CoA pathway Lactate Pyruvate Acetate Acetyl-P Propionate

Results All enrichments successful Isolation of single colonies Brown colonies: Methylmalonyl-CoA pathway White colonies: Acrylyl pathway

Results

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