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

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.

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Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 06, 1965
Accession Number
AD0838834

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  • E. Kovacs
  • K. P. Marton

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  • United States Army Biological Warfare Laboratories

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