Metabolic interactions in the anaerobic biodegradation process. Italic letters indicate representative organisms in the anaerobic microbiota, whose genomes have been determined; (Pth) Pelotomaculum thermopropionicum; (Moth) Moorella thermoacetica; (Tte) Thermoanaerobacter tengcongensis; (Swol) Syntrophomonas wolfei; (Cth) Clostridium thermocellum; (Cac) Clostridium acetobutylicum; (Sac) Syntrophus aciditrophicus; (Sfu) Syntrophobacter fumaroxidans; (Pac) Propionibacterium acnes; (Bfr) Bacteroides fragilis; (Tde) Treponema denticola; (Msth) Methanosaeta thermophila; (Mtth) Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus; (Mhu) Methanospirillum hungatei; (Mma) Methanococcus maripaludis; (Mac) Methanosarcina acetivorans. For more information about these organisms, refer to Supplemental Table S1.
