Syntrophic degradation of fatty acids by methanogenic communities

In methanogenic environments degradation of fatty acids is a key process in the conversion of organic matter to methane and carbon dioxide. For degradation of fatty acids with three or more carbon atoms syntrophic communities are required. This chapter describes the general features of syntrophic de...

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Main Author: Stams, Alfons Johannes Maria (author)
Other Authors: Worm, Petra (author), Sousa, D. Z. (author), Alves, M. M. (author), Plugge, Caroline M. (author)
Format: bookPart
Language:eng
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Butyrate degradation
Energetics
Fatty acid degradation
Hydrogen flux
Metabolic interaction
Methanogenesis
Propionate degradation
Syntrophic
Science & Technology
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/25106
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/25106

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