Coaggregation facilitates interspecies hydrogen transfer between Pelotomaculum thermopropionicum and Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 7838-7845

  Ishii, Shun'ichi ^a   Kosaka, Tomoyuki ^a   Hori, Katsutoshi ^b   Hotta, Yasuaki ^c   Watanabe, Kazuya ^a  

^a MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c ASAHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; ETHANOL; HYDROGEN; OXIDATION; POLYMERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

HYDROGEN TRANSFER; METHANOTHERMOBACTER THERMAUTOTROPHICUS; PELOTOMACULUM THERMOPROPIONICUM; PROPANOL;

BACTERIA;

ALCOHOL; FUMARIC ACID; HYDROGEN; PROPANOL; PROPIONIC ACID; PYRUVIC ACID;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENERGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; METHANOTHERMOBACTER THERMAUTOTROPHICUS; NONHUMAN; PELOTOMACULUM THERMOPROPIONICUM; PROTON TRANSPORT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

CLOSTRIDIUM; FUMARATES; HYDROGEN; KINETICS; METHANOBACTERIACEAE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHANOTHERMOBACTER THERMAUTOTROPHICUS; PELOTOMACULUM THERMOPROPIONICUM;

EID: 29144460324     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.12.7838-7845.2005     Document Type: Article

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