Energetics of bacterial growth: Balance of anabolic and catabolic reactions

Microbiological Reviews

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 48-62

  Russell, James B ^a,b   Cook, Gregory M ^b  

^a ROBERT W HOLLEY CENTER FOR AGRICULTURE AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 PHOSPHOFRUCTOKINASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMMONIA; ARGININE; CARBON; CYTOCHROME; DNA; FRUCTOSE 1,6 BISPHOSPHATE; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATASE; GLUCOKINASE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATASE; GLYCOGEN; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LYSINE; METHYLGLYOXAL; NITROGEN; NITROGENASE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; POLYSACCHARIDE; POTASSIUM; PROTON; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE; RNA; SULFATE; UNINDEXED DRUG;

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOENERGY; BIOMASS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATABOLISM; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0028926047     PISSN: 01460749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.59.1.48-62.1995     Document Type: Review

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