DOI: 10.1039/d6fo01013j ISSN: 2042-6496
Desulfation of carrageenan by Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron fuels hydrogen sulfide production by Desulfovibrio desulfuricans
Yuzhe Nian, Qiqin Liu, Jiaming Xu, Dongsheng Zhou, Xingxing Li, Tingting Niu, Surong Chen, Ruifan Wang, Juanjuan Chen, Feng Wang, Jiajia Wu, Yanbin Lu, Haimin Chen, Wei WuBacteroides thetaiotaomicron desulfates and degrades carrageenan, releasing sulfate that drives Desulfovibrio desulfuricans -mediated H 2 S production through microbial cross-feeding.