Studies on Cellulose Fermentation
Open Access
- 1 January 1946
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Bacteriology
- Vol. 51 (1) , 51-56
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.51.1.51-56.1946
Abstract
An obligate anaerobic sp. of Micromonospora, M. propionici, isolated from the alimentary tract of Amitermes minimus, hydrolyzes cellulose to glucose, and ferments glucose with the production of CO2, acetic acid, and propionic acid, in ratios characteristic of propionic acid bacteria. This provides physiological evidence for the evolution of the actinomycetes from the propionic acid bacteria. M. propionici is probably not important in cellulose digestion in the termite.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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