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The Methanogenic Bacteria

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The Prokaryotes

The methanogenic bacteria are a large and diverse group that is united by three features: 1) They form large quantities of methane as the major product of their energy metabolism. 2) They are strict anaerobes. 3) They are members of the domain Archaea, or archaebacteria, (see Chapter 1) and only distantly related to the more familiar classical bacteria or eubacteria. Like the photosynthetic eubacteria, the methanogenic bacteria are related to each other primarily by their mode of energy metabolism but are very diverse with respect to their other properties.

Methanogenic bacteria obtain their energy for growth from the conversion of a limited number of substrates to methane gas. The major substrates are H2 + CO2, formate, and acetate. In addition, some other C-1 compounds such as methanol, trimethylamine, and dimethylsulfide and some alcohols such as isopropanol, isobutanol, cyclopentanol and ethanol are substrates for some methanogens. All of these substrates are converted...

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I wish to thank Dr. H.-W. Kothe (Burlington), Dr. R. M. Kroppenstedt (Braunschweig), Dr. H. Prauser (Jena), Dr. G. S. Saddler (Gerenzano), Prof. Dr. O. Salcher (Wuppertal), Dr. J.-J. Sanglier (Basel), and Dr. J. Wink (Frankfurt) for helpful cooperation.

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  2. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University Medical School, 299 Campus Drive, Fairchild, D039, Stanford, CA, 94305-5124, USA

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Whitman, W.B., Bowen, T.L., Boone, D.R. (2006). The Methanogenic Bacteria. In: Dworkin, M., Falkow, S., Rosenberg, E., Schleifer, KH., Stackebrandt, E. (eds) The Prokaryotes. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-30743-5_9

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