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A search for therubentschikii group ofDesulphovibrio

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Sulphate-reducing bacteria isolated from enrichment cultures able to utilize acetate or butyrate were exclusivelyDesulphovibrio desulphuricans, unable to metabolize acetate or butyrate, and no evidence was obtained for the speciesD. rubentschikii reputedly able to utilize these substrates. It is probable that disappearance of these substrates in appropriate enrichments is due to syntrophy betweenD. desulphuricans and non-sulphate-reducing bacteria able to utilize acetate, but critical data supporting this view were not obtained.

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    Sylvia C. Selwyn & J. R. Postgate

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Selwyn, S.C., Postgate, J.R. A search for therubentschikii group ofDesulphovibrio . Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 25, 465–472 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02542870

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