The Methane Fermentation of Carbohydrates1,2
The Methane Fermentation of Carbohydrates1,2
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DOI:
10.1021/ja01332a039
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发表时间:
1933-05
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15
通讯作者:
G. E. Symons;A. Buswell
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作者:
G. E. Symons;A. Buswell
The effect of microbial action on carbohydrates has furnished a profitable field of study for biochemists and bacteriologists since the time of Pasteur. However, investigations of the methane fermentation of carbohydrates and similar substances have been few and scattered over the period since 1875. Reviews and summaries of the literature on carbohydrate fermentation3-11 make no mention of the formation of methane except in a few instances where the classical work of Popoff, 12 Hoppe-Seyler13, 14 and Omelianski15-18 are cited. For carbohydrates (other than cellulose) and related substances, there is little information on which gas ratios have been or may be calculated. Complete quantitative datahave not been presented by previous investigators. 12-22 More recent studies on the methane fermenta-tion include those on cellulosic materials, 23-26 various food materials, 27 saccharose28 and fatty acids. 22, 29 A comparison of the high yields of gas obtained in two of the latter investigations25, 29 (90-100% of the substrate fed) with the oft-quoteddata of Omelianski17 and Hoppe-Seyler, 13 who