Research Article

Biochemistry of methanogenesis: a tribute to Marjory Stephenson:1998 Marjory Stephenson Prize Lecture

Microbiology 1998; 144(9):2377 · https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-144-9-2377

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Abstract

In 1933, Stephenson & Stickland (1933a) published that they had isolated from river mud, by the single cell technique, a methanogenic organism capable of growth in an inorganic medium with formate as the sole carbon source.