Hydrogenosomes of metopus contortus physiologically resemble mitochondria

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1623-1629

  Biagini, Giancarlo A ^a   Hayes, Anthony J ^a   Suller, Marc T E ^a   Winters, Carole ^a   Finlay, Bland J ^b   Lloyd, David ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcium phosphate inclusions; Hydrogenosomes; Metopus contortus; Transmembrane electrochemical potential; Transmembrane pH gradient

Indexed keywords

CYANINE DYE; HYDROGEN;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CELL ORGANELLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; PSEUDOPODIUM; X RAY MICROANALYSIS;

METOPUS CONTORTUS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0030982067     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-5-1623     Document Type: Article

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