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Hetreotrophic Bacteria Living under Anaerobic Conditions

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


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