TY - JOUR
T1 - Methanogenic bacterial consortia degrading 2-methylbutyric acid
AU - Richardson, Anthony James
AU - HOBSON, P N
AU - Campbell, Gillian Patricia
PY - 1987/12
Y1 - 1987/12
N2 - Two co-cultures, each of a coccobacillus plus a Gram-negative rod, were isolated from a cattle waste digester. The cultures were distinguished by production of methane from acetate only, or from either acetate or butyrate. 2-Methylbutyrate, added initially as a growth factor, was degraded to propionate but only during growth on acetate or butyrate. Valerate and 2- and 3-methyl valerate were not degraded.
AB - Two co-cultures, each of a coccobacillus plus a Gram-negative rod, were isolated from a cattle waste digester. The cultures were distinguished by production of methane from acetate only, or from either acetate or butyrate. 2-Methylbutyrate, added initially as a growth factor, was degraded to propionate but only during growth on acetate or butyrate. Valerate and 2- and 3-methyl valerate were not degraded.
U2 - 10.1111/j.1472-765X.1987.tb01628.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1472-765X.1987.tb01628.x
M3 - Article
SN - 0266-8254
VL - 5
SP - 119
EP - 121
JO - Letters in Applied Microbiology
JF - Letters in Applied Microbiology
IS - 6
ER -