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The rumen acetogen Syntrophococcus sucromutans has an absolute requirement for an electron acceptor system to catabolize a variety of carbohydrates as electron donors 1. It can use the O-demethylation of lignin-derived methoxybenzenoids as electron acceptor system, with the corresponding hydroxybenzenoid, acetate and CO2 as products. Formate or a methanogen in coculture can serve as electron acceptor system. Acetate and CO2 are the only products, with methane for the coculture.
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Doré, J., Bryant, M.P. (1990). One-Carbon Metabolism by the Rumen Acetogen Syntrophococcus Sucromutans . In: Bélaich, JP., Bruschi, M., Garcia, JL. (eds) Microbiology and Biochemistry of Strict Anaerobes Involved in Interspecies Hydrogen Transfer. Federation of European Microbiological Societies Symposium Series, vol 54. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0613-9_71
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