Talk:Syntrophy

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Definition
I think this definition is not correct. To my knowledge a syntrophy means the following:

"A biological relationship in which microorganisms of two different species or strains are mutually dependent on one another for nutritional requirements." (from the Free Dictionary).

--Ttreude 03:09, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

I believe the definition in the dictionary is also not complete. Syntrophy works because two organisms, living very closely together create a thermodynamically feasible situation. The main example would be a secondary fermenter producing H2 gas which is very thermodynamically wasteful and a methanogen/acetogen which uses up this H2 gas for methanogenesis/acetogenesis. In this way, the equilibrium of the metabolism of the fermenter moves forward.--Jonthecheet (talk) 20:08, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

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I've removed the template. There is no further detail about it here on the Talk page. It is now three years old and there now appear to be plenty of inline citations. LookingGlass (talk) 14:38, 3 September 2016 (UTC)

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Wording of the definition
The wording of the definition seems a bit weird: specifically, "to cope up with the energy limitations by electron transfer". Should be reworded maybe? https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/566194/which-is-correct-cope-up-cope-with-or-cope-up-with Lyonskvn (talk) 06:04, 13 December 2023 (UTC)