Metabolism of non-growing bacteria

Abstract: A main function of bacterial metabolism is to supply biomass building blocks and energy for growth. This seems to imply that metabolism is idle in non-growing bacteria. But how relevant is metabolism for the physiology of non-growing bacteria and how active is their metabolism? Here, we reviewed literature describing metabolism of non-growing bacteria in their natural environment, as well as in biotechnological and medical applications. We found that metabolism does play an important role during dormancy and that especially the demand for ATP determines metabolic activity of non-growing bacteria.

Location
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Extent
Online-Ressource
Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Metabolism of non-growing bacteria ; volume:401 ; number:12 ; year:2020 ; pages:1479-1485 ; extent:07
Biological chemistry ; 401, Heft 12 (2020), 1479-1485 (gesamt 07)

Creator
Lempp, Martin
Lubrano, Paul
Bange, Gert
Link, Hannes

DOI
10.1515/hsz-2020-0201
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2408061557508.805265661162
Rights
Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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  • Lempp, Martin
  • Lubrano, Paul
  • Bange, Gert
  • Link, Hannes

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