Hull R A, Hull S I
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
Infect Immun. 1997 May;65(5):1960-1. doi: 10.1128/iai.65.5.1960-1961.1997.
Enrichment with D-cycloserine was used to identify Escherichia coli auxotrophic mutants that exhibited limited growth in human urine. Bacterial synthesis of guanine, arginine, and glutamine was found to be required for optimal growth in urine. Mutants that required leucine, methionine, serine, phenylalanine, or proline also exhibited reduced growth in urine. Several other nutritional mutants, including nicotinamide auxotrophs, which are found frequently among cystitis isolates, exhibited normal growth in urine.
用D-环丝氨酸富集法来鉴定在人尿液中生长受限的大肠杆菌营养缺陷型突变体。发现鸟嘌呤、精氨酸和谷氨酰胺的细菌合成对于在尿液中的最佳生长是必需的。需要亮氨酸、蛋氨酸、丝氨酸、苯丙氨酸或脯氨酸的突变体在尿液中的生长也有所减少。其他几种营养缺陷型突变体,包括在膀胱炎分离株中经常发现的烟酰胺营养缺陷型,在尿液中表现出正常生长。