Tungsten in biological systems

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 5-63

  Kietzin, Arnulf ^a,b   Adams, Michael W W ^a  

^a University of Georgia   (United States)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

a cetogenesis; hyperthermophiles; methanogenesis; molybdenum; oxidoreductases; tungsten

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; MOLYBDENUM; OXIDOREDUCTASE; TUNGSTEN;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; EUKARYOTE; METABOLISM; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PROKARYOTE; REVIEW; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

EID: 0029900624     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-6445(95)00025-9     Document Type: Review

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