title: [Anaerobic microbial associations degrading aromatic amino acids].
abstract: Anaerobic microbial associations have been isolated that degrade aromatic amino acids to methane and carbon dioxide at high rates. Significant differences between the morphological, cytological, and physiological traits of cultures isolated from samples of adapted and unadapted sludge are shown. The effects of cultivation temperature, illumination, and presence of mineral nitrogen and bicarbonate in the medium upon adaptation of enrichment cultures to substrates and subsequent behavior of the anaerobic associations have been studied. Intermediate and final products of degradation of aminoaromatic compounds and the sequence of their formation in the cultures have been determined. We have also studied the effects of exogenous electron acceptors and additional carbon sources on the degradation of aminoaromatic compounds.
authors.forename: I B
authors.initials: IB
authors.lastname: Kotova
authors.forename: O V
authors.initials: OV
authors.lastname: Savel'eva
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: D'iakonova
authors.forename: V I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Sklyar
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Kaliuzhnyĭ
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stams
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Netrusov
mesh_terms: D024322:Amino Acids, Aromatic / Q000378:metabolism*; D000693:Anaerobiosis; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D012722:Sewage / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D024322:Amino Acids, Aromatic; D012722:Sewage