Pseudomonas saccharophilia

That either the oxidative or the nonoxidative branch alone is able to provide sufficient pentose phosphates to support growth has been demonstrated by studies of various microorganisms. Thus, Candida (Torxda) ulilis apparently uses the oxidative pathway only, even though it contains transaldolase and transketolase (16, 17). In contrast, Alcaligenes faecalis and Pseudomonas saccharophilia lack the oxidative branch (18,19). In some cases still different pathways of pentose phosphate synthesis may occur in bacteria. Human erythrocytes deficient in glucose-6-P dehydrogenase can synthesize pentose phosphates adequately via the nonoxidative branch (80). 

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