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9924028

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PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5402
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-2-11
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Pure cultures of termite gut spirochetes were obtained and were shown to catalyze the synthesis of acetate from H2 plus CO2. The 16S ribosomal DNA sequences of two strains were 98 percent similar and were affiliated with those of the genus Treponema. However, neither was closely related to any known treponeme. These findings imply an important role for spirochetes in termite nutrition, help to reconcile the dominance of acetogenesis over methanogenesis as an H2 sink in termite hindguts, suggest that the motility of termite gut protozoa by means of attached spirochetes may be based on interspecies H2 transfer, and underscore the importance of termites as a rich reservoir of novel microbial diversity.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0036-8075
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
29
pubmed:volume
283
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
686-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-3-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Acetogenesis from H2 plus CO2 by spirochetes from termite guts.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Microbiology and Center for Microbial Ecology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1101, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.