Alfons J. M. Stams

TL;DR: A sulfate-reducing bacterium, strain WW1, was isolated from a thermophilic bioreactor operated at 65°C with methanol as sole energy source in the presence of sulfate and showed physiological properties that differed in some aspects from those of the two related bacteria.

TL;DR: Cell-free extracts of crotonate-grown cells of the syntrophic butyrate-oxidizing bacteriumSyntrophospora bryantii suggest that during syntrophicbutyrate oxidation H2 is formed intracellularly while formate is formed at the outside of the cell.

TL;DR: Anaerobic technology has been traditionally applied for the treatment of carbon rich wastewater and organic residues as mentioned in this paper, and integration of anaerobic digestion with these processes can help in the maximisation of the economic value of the biomass used, while reducing the waste streams produced and mitigating greenhouse gases emissions.

TL;DR: The research here presented focused on the enrichment of methanotrophic consortia able to co-produce different ectoines during CH4 metabolism, and isolated two novel strains capable of using methane as the sole carbon and energy source.

TL;DR: This study shows that there is no vertical separation of sulfate reducers, syntrophs, and methanogens in the sediment and that they all participate in the conversion of butyrate.