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syntrophic — (ˈ)sin.|träfik, sən.ˈt adjective Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary syn + trophic : associated or mutually dependent upon one another with reference to food supply syntrophic cells … Useful english dictionary
syntrophic — syn·troph·ic … English syllables
Syntrophy — Syntrophy, Cross feeding, or Cross feeding is the phenomenon that one species lives off the products of another species.[citation needed] For example house dust mites live off human skin flakes, of which a healthy human being produces about 1… … Wikipedia
Anaerobic oxidation of methane — (AOM) is a microbial process occurring mainly in anoxic marine sediments. During AOM methane is oxidized with sulfate as the terminal electron acceptor: CH4 + SO42 → HCO3 + HS + H2OAccording to current knowledge, AOM is mediated by a syntrophic… … Wikipedia
Acidogenesis — represents the second stage in the four stages of anaerobic digestion: * Hydrolysis: A chemical reaction where particulates are solubilized and large polymers converted into simpler monomers; * Acidogenesis: A biological reaction where simple… … Wikipedia
Microbial metabolism — is the means by which a microbe obtains the energy and nutrients (e.g. carbon) it needs to live and reproduce. Microbes use many different types of metabolic strategies and species can often be differentiated from each other based on metabolic… … Wikipedia
syntrophism — ˈsin.trəˌfizəm noun Etymology: syntrophic + ism : mutual dependence (as of different strains of bacteria) for the satisfaction of nutritional needs : syntrophic state … Useful english dictionary
Cell nucleus — HeLa cells stained for the cell nucleus DNA with the Blue Hoechst dye. The central and rightmost cell are in interphase, thus their entire nuclei are labeled. On the left, a cell is going through mitosis and its DNA has condensed ready for… … Wikipedia
Methane clathrate — Burning ice . Methane, released by heating, burns; water drips. Inset: clathrate structure (University of Göttingen, GZG. Abt. Kristallographie). Source: United States Geological Survey. Methane clathrate, also called methane hydrate,… … Wikipedia
Methanotroph — Methanotrophs (sometimes called methanophiles) are bacteria that are able to metabolize methane as their only source of carbon and energy. They can grow aerobically or anaerobically and require single carbon compounds to survive. Under aerobic… … Wikipedia
