Chemoheterotrophic bacteria

In a system defined by wastewater in a sewer network, the heterotrophic bacteria dominate the microbial community, i.e., organic compounds are required as a carbon source. Furthermore, the energy source (electron donor) for the heterotrophs is primarily also organic compounds, i.e., the heterotrophs that dominate wastewater in sewers are chemoheterotrophic (chemoorganotrophic) microorganisms. 

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BenzM., Brune A., and Schink B. (1998) Anaerobic and aerobic oxidation of ferrous iron at neutral pH by chemoheterotrophic nitrate-reducing bacteria. Arch. Microbiol. 169, 159-165. 

Many chemoheterotrophic bacteria oxidize organic compounds with molecular oxygen (Fig. 1.2). They oxidize many organic compounds such as carcasses and excreta of animals, and dead plants, and participate in the cleaning pollution from the surface of Earth. 

The prosthecate bacteria are typical aquatic organisms. The genera Caulobacter and Hyphomicrobium are aerobic chemoheterotrophs, whereas Rhodomicrobium is a photosynthetic purple bacterium. Other peculiar aquatic bacteria have been described (see, e.g., ref. [11]). 

The vast majority of bacteria of industrial and medical importance are heterotrophic (chemoheterotrophs). 

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