(Fatty and aromatic acid catabolizing bacteria from methanogenic ecosystems). Annual technical progress report

Technical Report · Wed Feb 27 00:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:5910040

Bryant, M P; Kammerer, J J

A long-chain fatty acid degrading (beta oxidizing), obligate proton-reducing, acetogenic bacterium strain SD2 of the genus Syntrophomonas has been isolated in coculture with a hydrogen-using bacterium, Desulfovibrio strain G-11. The enzymology of fatty acid degradation is being studied to discover the differences of SD2 from S. wolfei which allow it to degrade long chain fatty acids. A new species, Clostridium pfennigii (V5-2) was isolated from the rumen. A new genus and species, Syntrophococcus sucromutans (S195) is present in relatively high numbers in rumen contents. Another new species is Eubacterium oxidoreducens. (ACR)

• Research Organization: Illinois Univ., Urbana (USA). Dept. of Dairy Science
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-81ER10874
• OSTI ID: 5910040
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER/10874-4; ON: DE85008133; TRN: 85-008069
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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