Intracellular pyruvate flux in the methane-producing archaeon Methanococcus maripaludis

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 178, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 493-498

  Yang, Yu Ling ^a,b   Glushka, John N ^a   Whitman, William B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Environmental Protection Administration Taiwan   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acetyl coA synthase; Archaea; Methanococcus maripaludis; Methanogen; Pyruvate oxidoreductase

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A; ALANINE; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE; PYRUVIC ACID; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; BACTERIAL CELL; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; METHANOCOCCUS MARIPALUDIS; METHANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHANOCOCCUS;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHANOCOCCI; METHANOCOCCUS; METHANOCOCCUS MARIPALUDIS;

ALANINE; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; METHANE; METHANOCOCCUS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PYRUVIC ACID;

EID: 0036431455     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-002-0480-9     Document Type: Article

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