Effect of sulfate and nitrate on acetate conversion by anaerobic microorganisms in a freshwater sediment

• Published in: FEMS microbiology ecology Vol. 42; no. 3; pp. 375 - 385
• Main Authors: Scholten, Johannes C.M., van Bodegom, Peter M., Vogelaar, Jaap, van Ittersum, Alexander, Hordijk, Kees, Roelofsen, Wim, Stams, Alfons J.M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.12.2002; Blackwell; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: acetaten; acetates; Acetic acid; Anaerobic microorganisms; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Bacteria; bacteriën; Biodegradation of pollutants; Biological and medical sciences; Biotechnology; Competition; Conversion; denitrificatie; Denitrification; Denitrifying bacteria; Ecology; Environment and pollution; fresh water; Freshwater microorganisms; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Hydrologie; Hydrology; Industrial applications and implications. Economical aspects; Inhibition; Low concentrations; methaan; methaanproductie; methane; methane production; Methanogenesis; Methanogenic bacteria; Microbial ecology; Microbiology; Microorganisms; Most‐probable‐number enumeration; Nitrates; remming; sediment; Sediments; Substrates; Sulfate reduction; Sulfates; Sulfides; Various environments (extraatmospheric space, air, water); zoet water; Netherlands; Europe; Competition; Sulfate reduction; Denitrification; Inhibition; Methanogenesis; Most-probable-number enumeration; Freshwater environment; Methane; Substrate; Anaerobe; Methanogenic bacteria; Nitrates; Acetate; Microorganism; Sulfates; Sediments; Conversion; Electron acceptor

Abstract Acetate is quantitatively the most important substrate for methane production in a freshwater sediment in The Netherlands. In the presence of alternative electron acceptors the conversion of acetate by methanogens was strongly inhibited. By modelling the results, obtained in experiments wit...