Production and Consumption of H(2) during Growth of Methanosarcina spp. on Acetate.

TitleProduction and Consumption of H(2) during Growth of Methanosarcina spp. on Acetate.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication1985
AuthorsLovley DR, Ferry JG
JournalAppl Environ Microbiol
Volume49
Issue1
Pagination247-9
Date Published1985 Jan
ISSN0099-2240
Abstract

Methanosarcina sp. strain TM-1 and Methanosarcina acetivorans produced and consumed H(2) to maintain H(2) partial pressures of 16 to 92 Pa in closed cultures during growth on acetate. Strain TM-1 produced H(2) continuously when H(2) was continuously removed from the culture. The potential physiological significance of H(2) in acetate metabolism to methane is discussed.

Alternate JournalAppl. Environ. Microbiol.
PubMed ID16346703