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The mannitol uptake systems in marine Vibrio and Pseudomonas isolates from the kelp beds off the South African west coast were examined. The fermentative Vibrio isolate possessed a constitutive rapid mannitol uptake system and also a soluble mannitol-1-phosphate dehydrogenase, indicative of a mannitol phosphotransferase system. An inducible, relatively less active mannitol uptake system was detected in the oxidative Pseudomonas isolate, and this strain possessed a mannitol dehydrogenase. The maintenance of these systems during starvation survival was studied. The Vibrio isolate maintained its initial uptake system for approximately 5 weeks of starvation, after which time the uptake system was replaced by one with a higher affinity for mannitol. The mannitol transport system of the Pseudomonas isolate was depressed early in starvation (30 h) but could be readily induced by exogenous mannitol after 6 weeks of starvation. The relative proportions of mannitol which was incorporated and respired were determined in starved Vibrio and Pseudomonas strains.
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