''Syntrophomonas curvata'' is a bacterium. It is anaerobic,
syntrophic In biology, syntrophy, synthrophy, or cross-feeding (from Greek ''syn'' meaning together, ''trophe'' meaning nourishment) is the phenomenon of one species feeding on the metabolic products of another species to cope up with the energy limitations by ...
(in association with
methanogen
Methanogens are microorganisms that produce methane as a metabolic byproduct in hypoxic conditions. They are prokaryotic and belong to the domain Archaea. All known methanogens are members of the archaeal phylum Euryarchaeota. Methanogens ar ...
s) and
fatty acid-oxidizing. Its type strain is GB8-1
T (=CGMCC 1.5010
T =DSM 15682
T).
References
Further reading
* Hansen, Kaare H., Birgitte K. Ahring, and Lutgarde Raskin. "Quantification of syntrophic fatty acid-β-oxidizing bacteria in a mesophilic biogas reactor by oligonucleotide probe hybridization." Applied and Environmental Microbiology 65.11 (1999): 4767–4774.
* Staley, James T., et al. "Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology, vol. 3."Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, MD (1989): 2250–2251.
External links
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LPSNType strain of ''Syntrophomonas curvata'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Eubacteriales
Gram-positive bacteria
Bacteria described in 2004
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