Nature Communications (Nov 2018)

Hydrogen production by Sulfurospirillum species enables syntrophic interactions of Epsilonproteobacteria

  • Stefan Kruse,
  • Tobias Goris,
  • Martin Westermann,
  • Lorenz Adrian,
  • Gabriele Diekert

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07342-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Epsilonproteobacteria, such as Sulfurospirillum, can use molecular hydrogen as an electron donor for respiration. Here, the authors show that Sulfurospirillum can, in addition, release hydrogen during fermentation, allowing metabolic interactions with other hydrogen-consuming microorganisms.