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The Journal of General Physiology, Vol 45, 355-369, Copyright © 1961 by The Rockefeller University Press

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Cation Transport in Escherichia coli

I. Intracellular Na and K concentrations and net cation movement



Stanley G. Schultz 1 and A. K. Solomon 1

1 From the Biophysical Laboratory, Harvard Medical School, Boston

Methods have been developed to study the intracellular Na and K concentrations in E. coli, strain K-12. These intracellular cation concentrations have been shown to be functions of the extracellular cation concentrations and the age of the bacterial culture. During the early logarithmic phase of growth, the intracellular K concentration greatly exceeds that of the external medium, whereas the intracellular Na concentration is lower than that of the growth medium. As the age of the culture increases, the intracellular K concentration falls and the intracellular Na concentration rises, changes which are related to the fall in the pH of the medium and to the accumulation of the products of bacterial metabolism. When stationary phase cells, which are rich in Na and poor in K, are resuspended in fresh growth medium, there is a rapid reaccumulation of K and extrusion of Na. These processes represent oppositely directed net ion movements against concentration gradients, and have been shown to be dependent upon the presence of an intact metabolic energy supply.

Submitted on May 29, 1961


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