140th Ordinary Meeting of the Society for General Microbiology, 31 March 1998: Biochemistry of methanogenesis: A tribute to Marjory Stephenson

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2377-2406

  Thauer, Rudolf K ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coenzyme B; Coenzyme F430; Coenzyme M; Methanogenesis and methanogenic archaea; Methyl coenzyme M reductase and its crystal structure

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; MESNA; METHANE; METHYL COENZYME M REDUCTASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CATALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYME STRUCTURE; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; AWARDS AND PRIZES; EURYARCHAEOTA; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HISTORY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

AWARDS AND PRIZES; EURYARCHAEOTA; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; METHANE; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; SOCIETIES, SCIENTIFIC;

MLCS; MLOWN;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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