title: Acetate inhibition of methanogenic, syntrophic benzoate degradation.
abstract: Acetate inhibited benzoate degradation by a syntrophic coculture of an anaerobic benzoate degrader (strain BZ-2) and Methanospirillum strain PM-1; the apparent K(i) for acetate was approximately 40 mM. The addition of acetate resulted in a decrease in the hydrogen concentration in the coculture, indicating that phenomena related to interspecies hydrogen transfer affected this value and that the effect of acetate on the benzoate-degrading partner was probably greater than the apparent K(i) for the coculture suggests.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Crop and Soil Sciences and of Microbiology and Public Health, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dolfing
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Tiedje