title: Thermodynamics of microbial growth coupled to metabolism of glucose, ethanol, short-chain organic acids, and hydrogen.
abstract: A literature compilation demonstrated a linear relationship between microbial growth yield and the free energy of aerobic and anaerobic (respiratory and/or fermentative) metabolism of glucose, ethanol, formate, acetate, lactate, propionate, butyrate, and H(2). This relationship provides a means to estimate growth yields for modeling microbial redox metabolism in soil and sedimentary environments.
authors.affiliation: Department of Geology and Geophysics, 1215 W. Dayton St., Madison, WI 53706, USA. eroden@geology.wisc.edu
authors.forename: Eric E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Roden
authors.forename: Qusheng
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Jin
mesh_terms: D000332:Aerobiosis; D000693:Anaerobiosis; D001419:Bacteria / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism*; D002264:Carboxylic Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D000431:Ethanol / Q000378:metabolism*; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D006859:Hydrogen / Q000378:metabolism*; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D002264:Carboxylic Acids; D000431:Ethanol; D006859:Hydrogen; D005947:Glucose