%0 Journal Article %A Strøm, ARNE R. %A Olafsen, JAN A. %A Larsen, Helge %T Trimethylamine Oxide: A Terminal Electron Acceptor in Anaerobic Respiration of Bacteria %D 1979 %J Microbiology, %V 112 %N 2 %P 315-320 %@ 1465-2080 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-112-2-315 %I Microbiology Society, %X SUMMARY: Trimethylamine oxide (TMAO) stimulated both the anaerobic growth rate and the growth yield of Proteus NTHC 153. The molar growth yield from glucose and pyruvate in tryptone/ yeast extract medium doubled in the presence of TMAO, and the organism grew anaerobically on the non-fermentable substrates l-lactate and formate when TMAO was added to the medium. We conclude that TMAO stimulated growth by serving as a terminal electron acceptor in an oxidative phosphorylation process. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-112-2-315