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The syntrophic propionate-oxidizing bacterium MPOB was able to grow in the absence of methanogens by coupling the oxidation of propionate to the reduction of sulfate. Growth on propionate plus sulfate was very slow (μ=0.024 day−1). An average growth yield was found of 1.5 g (dry weight) per mol of propionate. MPOB grew even slower than other sulfate-reducing syntrophic propionate-oxidizing bacteria. The growth rates and yields of strict sulfate-reducing bacteria (Desulfobulbus sp.) grown on propionate plus sulfate are considerably higher.
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Van Kuijk, B.L.M., Stams, A.J.M. Sulfate reduction by a syntrophic propionate-oxidizing bacterium. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 68, 293–296 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00874139
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