Coenzyme M, Essential for Growth of a Rumen Strain of Methanobacterium ruminantium

1 November 1974

journal article
Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Bacteriology

Vol. 120 (2) , 974-5
https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.120.2.974-975.1974

Abstract

A growth factor present in rumen fluid and essential for growth of a rumen strain of Methanobacterium ruminantium was shown to be coenzyme M, 2-mercaptoethanesulfonic acid.

Keywords

COENZYME
ESSENTIAL FOR GROWTH
RUMINANTIUM
METHANOBACTERIUM
RUMEN FLUID
MERCAPTOETHANESULFONIC ACID
FACTOR PRESENT

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