Ecological consequences of the phylogenetic and physiological diversities of acetogens

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 203-213

  Drake, Harold L ^a   Küsel, Kirsten ^a   Matthies, Carola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acetogen; Acetogenesis; Acetyl CoA pathway; Oxygen tolerance; Phylogenetic diversity

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ACETYL COENZYME A; CARBON DIOXIDE; RNA 16S;

ACETATE; ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIUM; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

ACETOGEN; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; ELECTRON; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SOIL MICROFLORA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES HABITAT; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ACETIC ACID; ACETYL COENZYME A; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; PHYLOGENY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036422780     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020514617738     Document Type: Article

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