@article{fdi:010071994,
  title = {{O}bligate sugar oxidation in {M}esotoga spp., phylum {T}hermotogae, in the presence of either elemental sulfur or hydrogenotrophic sulfate-reducers as electron acceptor},
  author = {{F}adhlaoui, {K}. and {B}en {H}ania, {W}. and {A}rmougom, {F}abrice and {B}artoli, {M}. and {F}ardeau, {M}arie-{L}aure and {E}rauso, {G}. and {B}rasseur, {G}. and {A}ubert, {C}. and {H}amdi, {M}. and {B}rochier-{A}rmanet, {C}. and {D}olla, {A}. and {O}llivier, {B}ernard},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{M}esotoga prima strain {P}hos{A}c3 is a mesophilic representative of the phylum {T}hermotogae comprising only fermentative bacteria so far. {W}e show that while unable to ferment glucose, this bacterium is able to couple its oxidation to reduction of elemental sulfur. {W}e demonstrate furthermore that {M}. prima strain {P}hos{A}c3 as well as {M}. prima strain {M}es{G}1 and {M}esotoga infera are able to grow in syntrophic association with sulfate-reducing bacteria ({SRB}) acting as hydrogen scavengers through interspecies hydrogen transfer. {H}ydrogen production was higher in {M}. prima strain {P}hos{A}c3 cells co-cultured with {SRB} than in cells cultured alone in the presence of elemental sulfur. {W}e propose that the efficient sugar-oxidizing metabolism by {M}. prima strain {P}hos{A}c3 in syntrophic association with a hydrogenotrophic sulfate-reducing bacterium can be extrapolated to all members of the {M}esotoga genus. {G}enome comparison of {T}hermotogae members suggests that the metabolic difference between {M}esotoga and {T}hermotoga species (sugar oxidation versus fermentation) is mainly due to the absence of the bifurcating [{F}e{F}e]-hydrogenase in the former. {S}uch an obligate oxidative process for using sugars, unusual within prokaryotes, is the first reported within the {T}hermotogae. {I}t is hypothesized to be of primary ecological importance for growth of {M}esotoga spp. in the environments that they inhabit.},
  keywords = {},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{E}nvironmental {M}icrobiology},
  volume = {20},
  numero = {1},
  pages = {281--292},
  ISSN = {1462-2912},
  year = {2018},
  DOI = {10.1111/1462-2920.13995},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010071994},
}