Requirement for a Microbial Consortium To Completely Oxidize Glucose in Fe(III)-Reducing Sediments.

TitleRequirement for a Microbial Consortium To Completely Oxidize Glucose in Fe(III)-Reducing Sediments.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication1989
AuthorsLovley DR, Phillips EJ
JournalAppl Environ Microbiol
Volume55
Issue12
Pagination3234-6
Date Published1989 Dec
ISSN0099-2240
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 JournalAppl. Environ. Microbiol.
PubMed ID16348080