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

Dissimilatory sulphate reduction is the unifying and defining trait of sulphate-reducing
prokaryotes (SRP). In their predominant habitats, sulphate-rich marine sediments, SRP have …

Urban rivers represent a unique ecosystem in which pollution occurs regularly, leading to
significantly altered of chemical and biological characteristics of the surface water and …

1Laboratoire de Microbiologie IRD, Universite de Provence, ESIL case 925, 163 Avenue
de Luminy, 13288 Marseille cedex 9, France 2Microbial Discovery Research Unit, School of …

Life is mostly composed of the elements carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur, and
phosphorus. Although these six elements make up nucleic acids, proteins, and lipids and …

An anaerobic, nonphototrophic bacterium that β-oxidizes saturated fatty acids (butyrate
through octanoate) to acetate or acetate and propionate using protons as the electron …

Anaerobic decomposition of organic compounds is conducted in close cooperation of
specialized bacteria of different types, including mostly hydrolyzing, digestive, acetogenic …

INTRODUCTION My purpose here is both to describe certain features of methanogens (ie,
methane-producing bacteria) and to view the biology of this microbial group. I first heard the …

A new genus and species of a nonmotile gram-negative rod, Syntrophobacter wolinii, is the
first bacterium described which degrades propionate only in coculture with an H2-using …

The methanogenic bacteria are a large and diverse group that is united by three features: 1)
They form large quantities of methane as the major product of their energy metabolism. 2) …