Anabolic incorporation of oxalate by Oxalobacter formigenes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 3011-3013

  Cornick, Nancy A ^a,b   Allison, Milton J ^a,c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE REDUCTASE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COENZYME A; FORMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLYCERIC ACID; GLYOXYLIC ACID; LIGASE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE (PHOSPHATE) TRANSHYDROGENASE; OXALIC ACID; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; SERINE; TARTRONIC ACID;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; INTESTINE FLORA; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0029742230     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.8.3011-3013.1996     Document Type: Article

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