Abstract

Glucose uptake by whole cells of Bacteroides ruminicola B14 is constitutive. Potassium concentrations between 10 and 150 mm stimulated uptake over fourfold, while sodium had little effect on uptake. The involvement of potassium in glucose uptake by B. ruminicola was supported by strong inhibition of uptake by the ionophores valinomycin, lasalocid, and monensin. The electron transport inhibitor antimycin A had little effect on uptake, but menadione and acriflavine inhibited uptake by 30 and 48%, respectively. Potent inhibitors of uptake included oxygen, p-chloromercuribenzoate, HgCl2, and o-phenanthroline. Sodium arsenate decreased uptake by 40%, suggesting that a high-energy phosphate compound and possibly a binding protein may be involved in glucose uptake. The protonophores carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone and 2,4-dinitrophenol inhibited glucose uptake by 37 and 22%, respectively. Little change in uptake activity was observed at extracellular pH values between 4.0 and 8.0. Excess (10 mm) cellobiose, maltose, and sucrose inhibited glucose uptake less than 15%. High levels (0.15% w/v) of p-coumaric acid and vanillin decreased uptake by 32 and 37%, respectively, while 0.15% ferulic acid decreased uptake by 15%.

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