STUDIES ON THE METABOLISM OF THE FILARIAL WORM, LITOMOSOIDES CARINII

The filarial worm, Litomosoides carinii, has a high rate of aerobic and anaerobic glucose metabolism. Aerobically 30 to 45 per cent of the glucose utilized was converted to lactic acid, 25 to 35 per cent to acetic acid, and 10 to 20 per cent to a polysaccharide. Anaerobically over 80 per cent of th...

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Main Author: Bueding, Ernest
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Rockefeller University Press 1949
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2135850/