Hetreotrophic Bacteria Living under Anaerobic Conditions
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bacterial group termed after their type of fermentation
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typical example
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substrate
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products of fermentation
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alcoholic fermentation
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Zymomonas mobilis |
glucose |
ethanol, CO2 |
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lactic-acid fermentation
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Lactobacillus casei |
glucose |
lactate |
| Leuconostoc mesenteroides |
Glucose |
lactate, ethanol, CO2 |
| Bifidobacterium bifidum |
glucose |
acetate, lactate |
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butyrate fermentation
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Clostridium butyricum |
glucose |
butyrate, acetate + H2 + CO2 |
| Clostridium acetobutyricum |
glucose |
butyrate, butyl alcohol, acetone, 2-proprionate |
| Clostridium kluyveri |
ethanol + acetate |
butyrate, capronate, H2 |
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homoacetic fermentation
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Clostridium aceticum |
fructose |
acetate |
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propionate and succinate fermentation
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Propionibacterium pentosaceum |
sugar, lactate |
propionate, succinate |
| Veillonella alcalescens |
lactate |
propionate, acetate, H2, CO2 |
| Bacteroides ruminicola |
sugar |
propionate |
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acidic and butandiol fermentation
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Escherichia coli |
glucose |
lactate, ethanol, acetate, formiate, H2 + CO2, succinate
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| Enterobacter aerogenes |
glucose |
2,3-butandiol, ethanol, formiate, H2 + CO2 |
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fermentation of nitrogen-containing compounds
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Clostridium tetranomorphum |
glutamate |
butyrate, acetate, CO2, -NH3 |
| Clostridium sticklandii |
lysine |
butyrate, acetate, -NH3 |
| Clostridium orotisum |
orotic acid |
acetate, CO2, -NH3 |
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H. G. SCHLEGEL and H. W. JANNASCH, 1981
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