Generation of a proton motive force by the anaerobic oxalate-degrading bacterium Oxalobacter formigenes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2494-2500

  Kuhner, Carla H ^a,b,c   Hartman, Paul A ^a   Allison, Milton J ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXALIC ACID;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIODEGRADATION; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECARBOXYLATION; NONHUMAN; PH; PROTON MOTIVE FORCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); OXALOBACTER FORMIGENES;

EID: 0029901748     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.7.2494-2500.1996     Document Type: Article

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