Syntrophic growth on formate: A new microbial niche in anoxic environments

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 6126-6131

  Dolfing, Jan ^a,b   Jiang, Bo ^a   Henstra, Anne M ^a   Stams, Alfons J M ^a   Plugge, Caroline M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; HYDROGEN; NONMETALS; SELF ASSEMBLY; SUBSTRATES;

ANAEROBIC; ANOXIC ENVIRONMENTS; CO-CULTURE; DESULFOVIBRIO; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCES; HYDROGEN CONCENTRATIONS; MESOPHILIC; METHANOGENIC ARCHAEA; MICRO-ORGANISMS; MICROBIAL; MOORELLA SP.; SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATIONS; THERMODYNAMIC LIMITS;

METHANOGENS;

BICARBONATE; FORMIC ACID; HYDROGEN; FORMIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BICARBONATE; ELECTRON; FERMENTATION; FORMIC ACID; HYDROGEN; METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM; NICHE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESULFOVIBRIO; MESOPHILE; METHANOBREVIBACTER ARBORIPHILUS; METHANOGEN; METHANOTHERMOBACTER; METHANOTHERMUS; MOORELLA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; THERMOPHILE; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COCULTURE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOBREVIBACTER; MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOVIBRIO SP.; METHANOBREVIBACTER ARBORIPHILUS; METHANOTHERMOBACTER; MOORELLA;

ANAEROBIOSIS; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; DESULFOVIBRIO; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FORMIC ACIDS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HYDROGEN; METHANOBACTERIACEAE; METHANOBREVIBACTER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 54449087315     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01428-08     Document Type: Article

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