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Microbiology and Biochemistry of Strict Anaerobes Involved in Interspecies Hydrogen Transfer

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Editors:
  1. Jean-Pierre Bélaich

    1. Laboratoire de Chimie Bactérienne, CNRS, Marseille, France

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  2. Mireille Bruschi

    1. Laboratoire de Chimie Bactérienne, CNRS, Marseille, France

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  3. Jean-Louis Garcia

    1. ORSTOM, Université de Provence, Marseille, France

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Part of the book series: F.E.M.S. Symposium Series (FEMS, volume 54)

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Table of contents (78 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Plenary Lectures

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Molecular Hydrogen and Energy Conservation in Methanogenic and Acetogenic Bacteria

      • Richard Sparling, Gerhard Gottschalk
      Pages 3-10

    3. Approaches to Gene Transfer in Methanogenic Bacteria

      • Thomas Leisinger, Leo Meile
      Pages 11-23

    4. The Hydrogenase Methanococcus Voltae:An Approach to the Biochemical and Genetic Analysis of an Archaebacterial Uptake Hydrogenase

      • Erika Kothe, Sabine Halboth, Jörg Sitzmann, Albrecht Klein
      Pages 25-36

    5. Hydrogenase Genes in Desulfovibrio

      • Gerrit Voordouw
      Pages 37-51

    6. The Hydrogenases of Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria : Physiological, Biochemical and Catalytic Aspects

      • E. C. Hatchikian, V. M. Fernandez, R. Cammack
      Pages 53-73

    7. The F420-Reducing Hydrogenase of Methanospirillum hungatei Srain GPl

      • G. Dennis Sprott
      Pages 75-85

    8. Ecological Impact of Syntrophic Alcohol and Fatty Acid Oxidation

      • Alfons J. M. Stams, Alexander J. B. Zehnder
      Pages 87-98

    9. Methanogenesis from Propionate in Sludge and Enrichment Systems

      • R. A. Mah, L.-Y. Xun, D. R. Boone, B. Ahring, P. H. Smith, A. Wilkie
      Pages 99-111

  3. Conferences

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 113-113
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    2. Microbiology

      1. Substitution of H2-Acceptor Organism with Catalytic Hydrogenation System in Methanogen Coupled Fermentations
        • D. O. Mountfort, H. F. Kaspar
        Pages 115-119
      2. Hydrogen Transfer in Mixed Cultures of Anaerobic Bacteria and Fungi with Methanobrevibacter Smithii
        • Colin S. Stewart, Anthony J. Richardson, Roseileen M. Douglas, Corinne J. Rumney
        Pages 121-131
      3. Oxidative Propionate Formation by Anaerobic Bacteria
        • Arno T. P. Skrabanja, Alfons J. M. Stams
        Pages 133-139
      4. Anaerobic Degradation of Furfural by Defined Mixed Cultures
        • Siegfried M. Schoberth, Ulrich Ney, Hermann Sahm
        Pages 141-149
      5. Energetics and Kinetics of Two Complementary Hydrogen Sink Reactions in a Defined 3-Chlorobenzoate Degrading Methanogenic Consortium
        • Jan Dolfing
        Pages 151-160
      6. Role of Hydrogen in the Growth of Mutualistic Methanogenic Cocultures
        • J. Benstead, D. B. Archer, D. Lloyd
        Pages 161-171
      7. Thermodynamical and Microbiological Evidence of Trophic Microniches for Propionate Degradation in a Methanogenic Sludge-Bed Reactor
        • Serge R. Guiot, F. Alexander MacLeod, André Pauss
        Pages 173-183
      8. Dissimilation of Ethanol and Related Compounds by <u>Desulfovibrio</u> Strains
        • T. A. Hansen, D. R. Kremer
        Pages 185-190
      9. Factors Affecting Hydrogen Uptake by Bacteria Growing in the Human Large Intestine
        • G. R. Gibson, J. H. Cummings, G. T. Macfarlane
        Pages 191-202
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The belief that energy might be a limiting factor for the development of humanity led twenty years ago to a great interest being'taken in research on anaerobic digestion. The first international symposium held in Cardiff in 1979 was followed by the meetings in Travenmund (1981), Boston (1983), Guangzhou (1985) and Bologna (1988). By now anaerobic digestion has come to be recognized as an appropriate technology for waste treatment. More recently, the increase in the carbon dioxide content of the atmosphere and (in developed countries, especially_ in the EEC) the· fact that more and more land is becoming available for purposes other than food production make biomass production economically and/or socially feasible for industrial purposes. The possibility of using renewable organic carbon resources in this way is of great potential interest for developing biological techniques and could considerably increase the use of anaerobic micro-organisms in cellulose biotransformation and energy production from crop residues. This FEMS Symposium is devoted to the interspecies hydrogen transfer phenomenon involved in the mineralization of organic matter in anaerobiosis. This process is carried out in Nature by consortia of anaerobic micro-organisms living syntrophically. Many industrial applications of these consortia as black boxes for biogas production and waste treatment have been described. Although these early approaches were fruitful, it seems likely that a better knowledge at the molecular level of the more characteristic anaerobic bacteria which constitute these consortia would greatly increase and improve the utilization of these organisms.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Laboratoire de Chimie Bactérienne, CNRS, Marseille, France

    Jean-Pierre Bélaich, Mireille Bruschi

  • ORSTOM, Université de Provence, Marseille, France

    Jean-Louis Garcia

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