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Acetic acid bacteria use the electron transport chain to convert ethanol to acetic acid.

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Acetic acid bacteria oxidize ethanol to acetic acid using membrane-bound dehydrogenases linked to the electron transport chain for energy generation.

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Enhanced bacterial cellulose production in Komagataeibacter sucrofermentans: impact of different PQQ-dependent dehydrogenase knockouts and ethanol supplementation.

2024 · cited by 19

Discusses how pyrroloquinoline quinone-dependent membrane dehydrogenases in acetic acid bacteria link substrate incomplete oxidation in the periplasm to energy generation.

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The Low Biomass Yields of the Acetic Acid Bacterium Acetobacter pasteurianus Are Due to a Low Stoichiometry of Respiration-Coupled Proton Translocation.

1997 · cited by 13

Investigates the growth energetics and respiration-coupled proton translocation of Acetobacter pasteurianus during ethanol metabolism.

Significance and management of acetic acid bacteria culture collections

2013 · cited by 5

Notes that acetic acid bacteria are obligate aerobes known for oxidizing ethanol to acetic acid via their respiratory metabolism.

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