On the oxidation of glucose by <i>acetobacter suboxydans</i>

Abstract

Abstract Recently it has been shown by Butlin that under certain conditions the acetic acid bacterium, A. suboxydans , well known for its merely dehydrogenating action on sugars and poly‐alcohols can also attack glucose with production of carbon dioxide. The observations of Butlin have been corroborated and the factors determining the divergent behaviour of the bacterium towards glucose have been discussed. In addition it has been proved that under certain conditions the bacterium converts glucose and gluconic acid almost quantitatively into 5‐ketogluconic acid.