Title | Requirement for a Microbial Consortium To Completely Oxidize Glucose in Fe(III)-Reducing Sediments. |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 1989 |
Authors | Lovley DR, Phillips EJ |
Journal | Appl Environ Microbiol |
Volume | 55 |
Issue | 12 |
Pagination | 3234-6 |
Date Published | 1989 Dec |
ISSN | 0099-2240 |
Abstract | In various sediments in which Fe(III) reduction was the terminal electron-accepting process, [C]glucose was fermented to C-fatty acids in a manner similar to that observed in methanogenic sediments. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that, in Fe(III)-reducing sediments, fermentable substrates are oxidized to carbon dioxide by the combined activity of fermentative bacteria and fatty acid-oxidizing, Fe(III)-reducing bacteria. |
Alternate Journal | Appl. Environ. Microbiol. |
PubMed ID | 16348080 |
Department of Microbiology