Requirement for a Microbial Consortium To Completely Oxidize Glucose in Fe(III)-Reducing Sediments
Year: 1989
Type: article
Abstract: In various sediments in which Fe(III) reduction was the terminal electron-accepting process, [C]glucose was fermented to C-fatty acids in a manner similar to that observed in methanogenic sediments. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that, in Fe(III)-reducing sediments, fermentable substrates are oxidized to carbon dioxide by the combined activity of fermentative bacteria and fatty acid-oxidizing, Fe(III)-reducing bacteria.
Authors: Derek R. Lovley, Elizabeth J. P. Phillips
Institution: United States Geological Survey
Language: English
Subfield: Environmental Engineering
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2099711252