Co-occurrence of Methanosarcina mazei and Geobacteraceae in an iron(III)-reducing enrichment culture

Methanosaeta harundinacea and Methanosarcina barkeri, known as classic acetoclastic methanogens, are capable of directly accepting electrons from Geobacter metallireducens for the reduction of carbon dioxide to methane, having been revealed as direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) in the labo...

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Main Authors: Shiling eZheng, Hongxia eZhang, Ying eLi, Hua eZhang, Oumei eWang, Jun eZhang, Fanghua eLiu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00941/full