Fermentation in cyanobacteria

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 179-211

  Stal, Lucas J ^a   Moezelaar, Roy ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Dark metabolism; Embden Meyerhof Parnas pathway; Fermentation; Lactate dehydrogenase; Lactate fermentation; Mixed acid fermentation; Sulfur reduction

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SULFUR;

BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYANOBACTERIUM; DARKNESS; ELECTRON; ENERGY; EVOLUTION; FERMENTATION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

EID: 0030669394     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6445(97)00056-9     Document Type: Review

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