Accession Number:

AD0838834

Title:

THE INFLUENCE OF ASCORBIC ACID ON THE REDOX CAPACITY AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF STREPTOMYCES GRISEUS CULTURES

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

ARMY BIOLOGICAL LABS FREDERICK MD

Personal Author(s):

• Kovacs, E.
• Marton, K. P.

Report Date:

1965-07-06

Pagination or Media Count:

7.0

Abstract:

Experiments with Streptomyces griseus cultures showed that growth of the aerobic micro-organisms is inhibited by ascorbic acid. Inhibition was found to be due to reduction in oxygen tension by the ascorbic acid. Double utilization of the oxygen dissolved in the medium -- for oxydation of the ascorbic acid and for respiration of the organisms -- causes a reduction in rate of transformation of ascorbic acid into dehydroascorbic acid in inoculated media as compared to control media.

Descriptors:

• *STREPTOMYCES
• OXYGEN
• ELECTRODES
• TRANSLATIONS
• RESPIRATION
• INHIBITION
• CELLS(BIOLOGY)
• OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTIONS
• GROWTH(PHYSIOLOGY)
• CULTURE MEDIA
• ASCORBIC ACID
• SWITZERLAND

Subject Categories:

• Microbiology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE