Interspecies acetate transfer influences the extent of anaerobic benzoate degradation by syntrophic consortia

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 26-32

  Warikoo, Veena ^a,c   Mcinerney, Michael J ^a   Robinson, Joseph A ^b   Suflita, Joseph M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

^c Stanford University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BENZOIC ACID; FORMIC ACID; HYDROGEN; NITRATE; SULFATE;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIODEGRADATION; CELL SUSPENSION; DESULFOVIBRIO; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PH; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOVIBRIO; DESULFOVIBRIO SP.;

EID: 0030063303     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.1.26-32.1996     Document Type: Article

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