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. 1991 Apr;57(4):976–980. doi: 10.1128/aem.57.4.976-980.1991

Identification of para-Cresol as a Growth Factor for Methanoplanus endosymbiosus

Chris C M Poirot 1,*, Gert-Jan W M Van Alebeek 1, Jan T Keltjens 1, Godfried D Vogels 1
PMCID: PMC182832  PMID: 16348474

Abstract

Growth of the methanogenic bacterium Methanoplanus endosymbiosus is dependent on the presence of ruminal fluid. Ruminal fluid could be replaced by the eluate of a rumen-derived anaerobic digester. From the eluate of the digester, a growth-stimulatory component was purified and identified as p-cresol. Authentic p-cresol supported a half-maximal growth rate of the organism at 50 nM concentration.

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