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Methanogenic bacterial consortia degrading 2‐methylbutyric acid
Author(s) -
RICHARDSON A. J.,
HOBSON P. N.,
CAMPBELL G. P.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
letters in applied microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.698
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1472-765X
pISSN - 0266-8254
DOI - 10.1111/j.1472-765x.1987.tb01628.x
Subject(s) - library science , computer science
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.