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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, June 2005, p. 3376-3378, Vol. 71, No. 6
0099-2240/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.71.6.3376-3378.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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Glutamine Synthesis Is Essential for Growth of Streptococcus thermophilus in Milk and Is Linked to Urea Catabolism

Christophe Monnet,1* Diego Mora,2 and Georges Corrieu1

Unité Mixte de Recherche Génie et Microbiologie des Procédés Alimentaires, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, 78850 Thiverval-Grignon, France,1 Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Alimentari e Microbiologiche, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy2

Received 6 October 2004/ Accepted 3 January 2005

Growth of a glutamine synthetase-deficient mutant of Streptococcus thermophilus was compared to that of the parent strain in milk that was not supplemented or was supplemented with ammonium chloride, glutamine, or the urease inhibitor flurofamide. It was concluded that one of the functions of urease is to supply ammonia for the synthesis of glutamine.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Unité Mixte de Recherche Génie et Microbiologie des Procédés Alimentaires, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, 78850 Thiverval-Grignon, France. Phone: 33 1 30 81 54 91. Fax: 33 1 30 81 55 97. E-mail: monnet{at}grignon.inra.fr.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, June 2005, p. 3376-3378, Vol. 71, No. 6
0099-2240/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.71.6.3376-3378.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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