syntrophic

Examples of syntrophic in the following topics:

• Anoxic Hydrocarbon Oxidation

  • It is believed that AOM is mediated by a syntrophic aggregation of methanotrophic archaea and sulfate-reducing bacteria, although the exact mechanisms of this syntrophic relationship are still poorly understood.
  • Recent investigations have shown that some syntrophic pairings are able to oxidize methane with nitrate instead of sulfate.

• Clostridial and Propionic Acid Fermentation

  • In this reaction, the intermediary metabolites produced are metabolized to acetate, hydrogen, and carbonic gas by the three main groups of bacteria—homoacetogens, syntrophes, and sulphoreductors.
  • In 1979, Winter and Wolfe demonstrated that A. wodii in syntrophic association with Methanosarcina produce methane and carbon dioxide from fructose, instead of three molecules of acetate.

• The Deltaproteobacteria

  • Desulfuromonas spp.) alongside several other anaerobic bacteria with different physiology (e.g. ferric iron-reducing Geobacter spp. and syntrophic Pelobacter and Syntrophus spp.).

• Syntrophy and Methanogenesis

  • Methanogenic bacteria have a syntrophic relationship with protozoans living in the guts of termites.

• Cooperation Among Microorganisms

  • Methanogenic bacteria have a syntrophic relationship with protozoans living in the guts of termites.

• Syntrophy

  • Finally, anaerobic fermentation/methanogenesis is an example of a syntrophic relationship between different groups of microorganisms.