Syntrophy is a tightly coupled mutualistic interaction between hydrogen-/formate-producing
and hydrogen-/formate-using microorganisms that occurs throughout the microbial world …

Syntrophy is an essential intermediary step in the anaerobic conversion of organic matter to
methane where metabolically distinct microorganisms are tightly linked by the need to …

Classical definitions of syntrophy focus on a process, performed through metabolic
interaction between dependent microbial partners, such as the degradation of complex …

Many fermentative bacteria obtain energy for growth by reactions in which the change in free
energy (Δ G′) is less than that needed to synthesize ATP,,,. These bacteria couple …

Syntrophic metabolism is diverse in two respects: phylogenetically with microorganisms
capable of syntrophic metabolism found in the Deltaproteobacteria and in the low G+ C …

Metabolic crossfeeding is an important process that can broadly shape microbial
communities. However, little is known about specific crossfeeding principles that drive the …

Microbes are ubiquitous in our biosphere, and inevitably live in communities. They excrete a
variety of metabolites and support the growth of other microbes in a community. According to …

Syntrophomonas wolfei is a specialist, evolutionarily adapted for syntrophic growth with
methanogens and other hydrogen‐and/or formate‐using microorganisms. This slow …

Biochemically, the syntrophic bacteria constitute the missing link in our understanding of
anaerobic flow of carbon in the biosphere. The completed genome sequence of Syntrophus …

In sulfate-reducing and methanogenic environments complex biopolymers are hydrolyzed
and degraded by fermentative micro-organisms that produce hydrogen, carbon dioxide and …