Catechin is a flavan-3-ol, a type of natural phenol and antioxidant. It is a plant secondary metabolite. It belongs to the group of flavan-3-ols, part of the chemical family of flavonoids.
Syntrophy, synthrophy, cross-feeding, or cross feeding [Greek syn meaning together, trophe meaning nourishment] is the phenomenon that one species lives off the products of another species. In this association, the growth of one partner is improved, or depends on the nutrients, growth factors or substrate provided by the other partner. Jan Dolfing described syntrophy as "the critical interdependency between producer and consumer". This term for nutritional interdependence is often used in microbiology to describe this symbiotic relationship between bacterial species. Morris et al. have described the process as "obligately mutualistic metabolism".
In enzymology, a pyrogallol hydroxytransferase is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction
In enzymology, a phloretin hydrolase (EC 3.7.1.4) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction
In enzymology, a gallate decarboxylase (EC 4.1.1.59) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction
2,4,6-Trihydroxyacetophenone (THAP) is a chemical compound that is a deritavite of phloroglucinol.
Phloroglucinol carboxylic acid is a trihydroxybenzoic acid, a type of phenolic acid.
Bradyrhizobium japonicum is a species of legume-root nodulating, microsymbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacteria. The species is one of many Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria commonly referred to as rhizobia. Within that broad classification, which has three groups, taxonomy studies using DNA sequencing indicate that B. japonicum belongs within homology group II.
The trihydroxybenzenes (or benzenetriols) are organic compounds with the formula C6H3(OH)3. Also classified as polyphenols, they feature three hydroxyl groups substituted onto a benzene ring. They are white solids with modest solubility in water.
Pelobacter acidigallici is the type species in the bacteria genus Pelobacter.
Tetrahydroxybenzenes are a group of chemical compounds formed with a benzene and four hydroxyl groups.
Condensed tannins are polymers formed by the condensation of flavans. They do not contain sugar residues.
Tetraphlorethol C is a phlorethol-type phlorotannin found in the brown alga Ascophyllum nodosum. chemically, it is a tetramer of 1,2,3,5-Tetrahydroxybenzene
Eubacterium acidaminophilum is a Gram-positive bacterium species in the genus Eubacterium, notable for being an amino acid-degrading obligate anaerobe producing or utilizing H2 or formate. It is rod-shaped and motile by a polar to subpolar flagellum. Its type strain is al-2. It produces several relevant enzymes.
Cryptobacterium curtum is a Gram-positive anaerobic rod bacteria isolated from human mouths.
Filicin is a chemical compound that has been isolated from ferns of the genus Dryopteris. It has been isoloated from the male fern. Filicin has been studied for its anthelmintic activity.
