Vitamin and Amino Acid Auxotrophy in Anaerobic Consortia Operating under Methanogenic Conditions
ABSTRACT Syntrophy among Archaea and Bacteria facilitates the anaerobic degradation of organic compounds to CH4 and CO2. Particularly during aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbon mineralization, as in the case of crude oil reservoirs and petroleum-contaminated sediments, metabolic interactions between...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2017-10-01
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Series: | mSystems |
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Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSystems.00038-17 |