RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Anderson, J. D. A1 Smith, H.YR 1965 T1 The Metabolism of Erythritol by Brucella abortus JF Microbiology, VO 38 IS 1 SP 109 OP 124 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-38-1-109 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1465-2080, AB The growth of a virulent strain of Brucella abortus was stimulated by low concentrations of erythritol in a medium containing high concentrations of glucose and a wide range of amino acids. During growth in this medium the organisms used about 1 1/2 times their weight of erythritol as a carbon and energy source. The effect of erythritol was specific, since several C3 to C6 homologues had no growth-stimulating activity. Radiotracer studies snowed that a large proportion of the carbon of the erythritol was excreted as carbon dioxide; that remaining in the organisms was fairly uniformly distributed over all components. Erythritol and 2-deoxy-2-fluoro-DL-erythritol inhibited incorporation of glucose by the organism., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-38-1-109