Growth of Geobacter sulfurreducens with acetate in syntrophic cooperation with hydrogen-oxidizing anaerobic partners

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2232-2236

  Cord Ruwisch, Ralf ^a   Lovley, Derek R ^b   Schink, Bernhard ^c  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BENZOIC ACID; BUTYRIC ACID; ETHANOLAMINE; GLUCOSE; LACTIC ACID;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CALCULATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; OXIDATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOVIBRIO DESULFURICANS; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; NEGIBACTERIA; WOLINELLA SUCCINOGENES;

EID: 0031745322     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.6.2232-2236.1998     Document Type: Article

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