title: Microbial H2/CO2 acetogenesis in animal guts: nature and nutritional significance.
abstract: The intestinal tract of invertebrate and vertebrate animals, including man, is an anoxic habitat wherein microbial formation of acetate from H2 + CO2 is often a major H2-consuming reaction. This paper will discuss the magnitude and microbiology of H2/CO2 acetogenesis in animal guts, its impact on host animal nutrition, competition for H2 between anaerobic microbes, and the global significance of intestinal H2/CO2 acetogenesis.
authors: Department of Microbiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824-1101.
authors: J A
authors: JA
authors: Breznak
authors: M D
authors: MD
authors: Kane
mesh_terms: D000085:Acetates / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D006859:Hydrogen / Q000378:metabolism*; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism; D007422:Intestines / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D000085:Acetates; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D006859:Hydrogen