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The Methanogenic Bacteria

  • Mah R
  • Smith M
Springer Berlin Heidelberg, (1981), 948-977
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-13187-9_76
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Abstract

The methanogenic bacteria are unique among pro-karyotes because they produce a hydrocarbon, methane, as a major product of anaerobic metabolism. This physiological property was proposed in 1956 by H. A. Barker as the main taxonomic characteristic of a morphologically...

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Mah, R. A., & Smith, M. R. (1981). The Methanogenic Bacteria. In The Prokaryotes (pp. 948–977). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-13187-9_76

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