Question

Utilization of amino acids by bacteria isolated from soil

Answer 1

Milk, a liquid food secreted by the mammary glands of the female mammal for the nourishment of new borns, containing a wide range of dietary components of vital importance like water, carbohydrates, fats, proteins, minerals and vitamins (Webb et al., 1974). Milk secreted by the udders of healthy cows and buffaloes is sterile but by the time it is contaminated by several kinds of bacteria. It acquires a sizeable bacterial population from different sources like dust in air, coat of the cow, the person or the milkier, utensils, food, water, particles of manure and from the soil

Answer 2

The use of wild type bacteria for the production of amino acids such as L- glutamate, L-valine, L-alanine, L- glutamine and L-proline relies on either inherent metabolic regulations