Vitamin Requirements of Oral Lactobacilli

Hill, T.J. , and Kniesner, A.H. : Nutritional Requirements of Oral Lactobacilli. I. Pantothenic Acid and Dextrose (d-Glucose), J. D. Res. 21: 467, 1942.

Weisberger, D. , and Johnson, F.G. : Nutritional Requirements for an Oral Strain of Lactobacillus acidophilus, J. D. Bes. 25: 35, 137, 1946.

Coolidge, T.B. , Williams, N.B. , Ebisch, A.E.I. , and Hodges , E.A. : Metabolic Changes in Oral Lactobacilli, J. Infect. Dis. 85: 126, 1949.

Rogosa, M. , Mitchell, J. , and Fitzgerald, R.J. : Frequency Distribution of Lactobacilli in the Salivas of Children, J. D. Res. 29: 658, 1950.

For summaries see:

Snell, E.E. : The Nutritional Requirements of the Lactic Acid Bacteria and Their Application to Biochemical Research, J. Bact. 50: 373, 1945.

Shankman, S. , Camien, M.N. , Block, H. , Merrifield, R.B. , and Dunn, M.S. : Vitamin Requirements of Twenty-Three Lactic Acid Bacteria, J. Biol. Chem. 168: 23, 1947.

Koser, S.A. : Growth Factors for Microorganisms, Ann. Rev. Microbiol. 2: 121, 1948.

Krueger, K.K. , and Peterson, W.H. : The Nutritional Requirements of Lactobacillus pentosus 124-2, J. Bact. 55: 683, 1948.

Stokes, J.L. : Substitution of Thymine for "Folic acid" in the Nutrition of Lactic Acid Bacteria, J. Bact. 48: 201, 1944.

Krueger, K.K. , and Peterson, W.H. : Response of Lactobacillus casei and Streptococcus faecalis to Vitamin Be and Thymine, J. Biol. Chem. 158: 145, 1945.

Hall, D.A. : The Folic Acid Group of Growth Factors. III. Histidine and Its Relationship to Folic Acid, Biochem. J. 41: 299, 1947.

Holland, B.R. , and Meinke, W.W. : The Serine Requirement of Streptococcus faecalis R as a Function of the Basal Medium, J. Biol. Chem . 178: 7, 1949.

Stokes, J.L. , and Gunness, M. : Pyridoxamine and the Synthesis of Amino Acids by Lactobaeilli, Science 101: 43, 1945.

Lyman, C.M. , Moseley, O. , Wood, S. , Butler, B. , and Hale, F. : Some Chemical Factors Which Influence the Amino Acid Requirements of the Lactic Acid Bacteria, J. Biol. Chem. 167: 177, 1947.

Speck, M.L. , and Pitt, D.A. : A Relationship Between Cystine and Pyridoxal or Pyridoxamine in the Nutrition of Certain Bacteria, Science 106: 420, 1947.

Holden, J.T. , and Snell, E.E. : The Vitamin B6 Group. XVII. The Relation of D-Alanine and Vitamin B6 to Growth of Lactic Acid Bacteria, J. Biol. Chem. 178: 799, 1949.

Rogosa, M. , Tittsler, R.P. , and Geib, D.S. : Correlation of Vitamin Requirements and Cultural and Biochemical Characteristics of the Genus Lactobacillus, Proc. Soc. Am. Bact., in J. Bact . 54: 13, 1947 (abstract).

Rogosa, M. : Personal communication, 1949.

Snell, E.E. , and Mitchell, H.K. : Purine and Pyrimidine Bases as Growth Substances for Lactic Acid Bacteria, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sc. 27: 1, 1941; Arch. Biochem. 1: 93, 1942.

Merrifield, R.B. , and Dunn, M.S. : Microbiological Determination of Cytosine, Uracil, and Thymine, Arch. Biochem. 16: 339, 1948.

Pollack, M.A. , and Lindner, M. : Glutamine and Glutamic Acid as Growth Factors for Lactic Acid Bacteria, J. Biol. Chem. 143: 655, 1942 .

Williams, V.R. , and Fieger, E.A. : Oleic Acid as a Growth Stimulant for Lactobacillus casei, J. Biol. Chem. 166: 335, 1946.

Williams, V.R. , and Fieger, E.A. : Further Studies on Lipide Stimulation of Lactobacillus casei, J. Biol. Chem. 170: 399, 1947 .

Williams, W.L. , Broquist, H.P. , and Snell, E.E. : Oleic Acid and Related Compounds as Growth Factors for Lactic Acid Bacteria, J. Biol. Chem. 170: 619, 1947.

Axelrod, A.E. , Mitz, M. , and Hofmann, K. : The Chemical Nature of Fat-Soluble Materials With Biotin Activity in Human Plasma. Additional Studies on Lipide Stimulation of Microbial Growth, J. Biol. Chem. 175: 265, 1948 .

Whitehill, A.R. , Oleson, J.J. , and Subbarow , Y. : A Lactobacillus of Cecal Origin Requiring Oleic Acid, Arch. Biochem. 15: 31, 1947.

Davis, B.D. : The Preparation and Stability of Fatty Acid-Free Polyoxyethylene Sorbitan Monooleate ("Tween 80"), Arch. Biochem . 15: 359, 1947.