“…transported fructose to fructose 6-phosphate and hence to glucose 6-phosphate have been detected in Rhixubitrm meliloti (Gardiol e t al., 1980;Guezzar et al, 1988), R. legtrminosartrm (Glenn e t al., 1984;McLaughlin & Hughes, 1989) and P. cepacia (Allenza et al, 1982), and the loss of one or other of these enzymes results in a failure to grow on fructose. These observations thus indicate that fructose is taken up via a high-affinity, active-transport system and is then converted to glucose 6-phosphate prior to metabolism via the Entner-Doudoroff pathway known to be present in these organisms (Gardiol e t al., 1980;Glenn et al, 1984;McLaughlin & Hughes, 1989).…”