acetogens

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-000040",
  "term": "acetogens",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Obligate anaerobic bacteria that generates acetate (CH3COO-) as an end product of anaerobic respiration or fermentation. They use reductive acetyl-CoA or Wood-Ljungdahl pathway as their main mechanism for energy conservation.",
  "synonyms": [
    "homoacetogens"
  ],
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "bacteria",
    "acetic acid bacteria",
    "acetyl coenzyme A"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "acetógenos"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/acetogens/"
}