MICROBIOLOGY - M.H. Serhiichuk - 2008

Chapter 6. PHYSIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ANAEROBIC MICROORGANISMS

Molecular oxygen is not strictly essential for the vital activity of many microorganisms. In anaerobes, certain organic and Inorganic Compounds can serve as TERMINAL ELECTRON ACCEPTORS. Anaerobic microorganisms exhibit the same metabolic types as aerobes; however, depending on The Nature of the terminal electron acceptor, metabolic processes are classified into:

- Fermentation;

- Anaerobic Respiration;

- methanogenesis.

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