chemistry

Holophaga foetida

Holophaga foetida is a chemistry topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Holophaga foetida rather than just read about it. In short: Holophaga foetida is a bacterium, the type species of its genus. It is a homoacetogenic bacterium degrading methoxylated aromatic compounds.

Key takeaways

Holophaga foetida belongs to chemistry; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Holophaga foetida to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Holophaga foetida from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Holophaga foetida is a bacterium, the type species of its genus. It is a homoacetogenic bacterium degrading methoxylated aromatic compounds. It is gram-negative, obligately anaerobic and rod-shaped, with type strain TMBS4 (DSM 6591). Its genome has been sequenced. It is known for its ability to anaerobically degrade aromatic compounds and the production of volatile sulfur compounds through a unique pathway.

References

Further reading Kappler, O.; Janssen, P. H.; Kreft, J.-U.; Schink, B. (1997). "Effects of alternative methyl group acceptors on the growth energetics of the O-demethylating anaerobe Holophaga foetida". Microbiology. 143 (4): 1105–1114. doi:10.1099/00221287-143-4-1105. ISSN 1350-0872. PMID 33711884. Kreft, Jan-Ulrich; Schink, Bernhard (1994). "O-Demethylation by the homoacetogenic anaerobe Holophaga foetida studied by a new photometric methylation assay using electrochemically produced cob(I)alamin". European Journal of Biochemistry. 226 (3): 945–951. doi:10.1111/j.1432-1033.1994.00945.x. PMID 7813485.

External links LPSN "Holophaga foetida". The Encyclopedia of Life. Type strain of Holophaga foetida at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Holophaga foetida

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Holophaga foetida claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In chemistry, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Holophaga foetida before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Holophaga foetida ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Holophaga foetida

In research: Holophaga foetida appears in chemistry research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Holophaga foetida in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Holophaga foetida is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Acidobacteriota, Acidobacteriota stubs, Bacteria described in 1995, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Holophaga foetida outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

Ask Teacher Smith questions about this articleOpens your AI tutor with a question about “Holophaga foetida” →

Affiliate

Preply — study more efficiently by working with a personal tutor. 50% off.

How to study Holophaga foetida in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Holophaga foetida means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Holophaga foetida out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Holophaga foetida in simple terms?

Holophaga foetida is a bacterium, the type species of its genus. It is a homoacetogenic bacterium degrading methoxylated aromatic compounds.

Why does Holophaga foetida matter?

Because it connects several chemistry ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Holophaga foetida?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Holophaga foetida.