The theory of Agreement By Correspondence has gained prominence as a way to explain harmony patterns, especially long-distance consonant agreement (Rose & Walker 2004, Hansson 2010). Bennett (2015) observes that the theory also generates Dissimilation, even with no further assumptions made (ergo ‘ABCD’). This connection between dissimilation and assimilation is an appealing result, as it was in...

Clostridium tetani is generally considered to be a nonsaccharolytic organism and is so described in the most recent edition of Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology (Breed et al., 1957). Despite this widespread opinion, evidence to the contrary exists. Achalme (1902) reported the stimulation of growth of this organism by glucose without ferementation of glucose; Reddish and Rettger (192...

Investigations into the nature of the metabolism of glucose in Acetobacter suboxydans have revealed that both the pentose cycle (1) and a direct nonphosphorylative oxidation (2) contribute to the consumption of this substrate. Fructose, in like manner, dissimilates by way of the pentose pathway (3) as does glycerol, after its conversion to fructose-l ,6-diphosphate via triose phosphate (1,4). S...

Altekar, W. W. (National Chemical Laboratory, Poona, India) and M. R. Raghavendra Rao. Microbiological dissimilation of tricarballylate and trans-aconitate. J. Bacteriol. 85:604-613. 1963.-Two fluorescent pseudomonads capable of metabolizing tricarballylate and trans-aconitate were isolated by the soil-enrichment culture technique. These and some other species of bacteria were tested for their ...

There is still much that is controversial concerning the action of insulin on glucose metabolism. There is general agreement that in the intact animal, with the blood sugar maintained at a normal or supernormal level, large doses of insulin will promote the storage of glucose. Workers in the field, however, do not agree as to whether storage will only take place if the liver is functioning or w...