The Requirement for Acetate of a Streptomycin-resistant Strain of Staphylococcus aureus

Abstract

SUMMARY: A streptomycin-resistant strain of Staphylococcus aureus, which requires haemin for aerobic growth, grew either aerobically or anaerobically in the absence of haemin provided the medium was supplemented with acetate or pyruvate; growth with these organic acids was increased by uracil and purines. The parent drug-sensitive strain grew aerobically without haemin but when grown anaerobically required either uracil or acetate or pyruvate. With both strains mevalonate replaced acetate and was about ten times more active.