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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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