Energy Conservation in Fermentations of Anaerobic Bacteria

Anaerobic bacteria ferment carbohydrates and amino acids to obtain energy for growth. Due to the absence of oxygen and other inorganic electron acceptors, the substrate of a fermentation has to serve as electron donor as well as acceptor, which results in low free energies as compared to that of aer...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wolfgang Buckel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Rnf
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2021.703525/full