1 23 Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology ISSN 0175-7598 Volume 97 Number 4 Appl Microbiol Biotechnol (2013) 97:1767-1774 DOI 10.1007/s00253-012-4009-0 Bioenergetics for the growth of Staphylococcus lentus in biocompatible choline salts Sudharshan Sekar, Surianarayanan Mahadevan, Ranganathan Vijayaraghavan, Asit Baran Mandal & D. R. MacFarlane