Acetogenesis from H2 and CO2 by methane- and non-methane-producing human colonic bacterial communities

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 193-202

  Bernalier, Annick ^a   Lelait, Marielle ^b   Rochet, Violaine ^a   Grivet, Jean Philippe ^b   Gibson, Glenn R ^c,d   Durand, Michelle ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

13C NMR; human faeces; hydrogen; interrelationships; reductive acetogenesis

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; HYDROGEN; METHANE; SULFATE;

ACETOBACTER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; COLON FLORA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACETOBACTER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHANOBACTERIUM;

EID: 0029893192     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-6496(96)00004-9     Document Type: Article

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