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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Main Authors: Valerie Hubalek, Moritz Buck, BoonFei Tan, Julia Foght, Annelie Wendeberg, David Berry, Stefan Bertilsson, Alexander Eiler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2017-10-01
Series:mSystems
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSystems.00038-17