Methanogenic archaea and sulfate reducing bacteria co-cultured on acetate: Teamwork or coexistence?

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue MAY, 2015, Pages

  Ozuolmez, Derya ^a   Na, Hyunsoo ^b   Lever, Mark A ^c   Kjeldsen, Kasper U ^d   Jørgensen, Bo B ^d   Plugge, Caroline M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Desulfobacter; Desulfovibrio; Metabolic flexibility; Methanococcus; Methanosaeta; Microbial interactions

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; RNA 16S;

ACETATE OXIDATION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHEMICAL REACTION; COCULTURE; DESULFOBACTER; DESULFOBACTER LATUS; DESULFOVIBRIO VULGARIS; DNA EXTRACTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GIBBS FREE ENERGY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METHANOCOCCUS MARIPALUDIS; METHANOGENIC ARCHAEON; METHANOSAETA CONCILII; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL CONCEPTS; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM; THERMODYNAMICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOBACTER; DESULFOBACTER LATUS; DESULFOVIBRIO; DESULFOVIBRIO VULGARIS; DESULFOVIBRIO VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; METHANOCOCCUS; METHANOCOCCUS MARIPALUDIS; METHANOSAETA; METHANOSAETA CONCILII;

EID: 84931261125     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00492     Document Type: Article

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