Autotrophic CO2 fixation pathways in archaea (Crenarchaeota)

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 160-173

  Hügler, Michael ^a   Huber, Harald ^b   Stetter, Karl Otto ^b   Fuchs, Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

3 Hydroxypropionate cycle; Archaea; Autotrophy; Biotin; CO2 fixation; Ribulose 1,5 bisphosphate carboxylase

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A; CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDRACRYLIC ACID; MALONYL COENZYME A; PHOSPHORIBULOKINASE; PROPIONYL COENZYME A CARBOXYLASE; PYRUVATE OXIDASE; RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; RNA 16S; WATER;

ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; CARBON METABOLISM; CARBOXYLATION; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRENARCHAEOTA; DESULFUROCOCCUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SULFOLOBUS; THERMOPROTEUS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY;

ACIDIANUS; ACIDIANUS AMBIVALENS; ACIDIANUS BRIERLEYI; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRENARCHAEOTA; DESULFUROCOCCACEAE; DESULFUROCOCCUS; IGNICOCCUS ISLANDICUS; IGNICOCCUS PACIFICUS; METALLOSPHAERA; METALLOSPHAERA SEDULA; PYROBACULUM; PYROBACULUM ISLANDICUM; PYRODICTIACEAE; PYRODICTIUM ABYSSI; PYRODICTIUM OCCULTUM; SULFOLOBACEAE; SULFOLOBUS; SULFOLOBUS METALLICUS; SULFOLOBUS SP.; THERMOPROTEACEAE; THERMOPROTEUS; THERMOPROTEUS NEUTROPHILUS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CRENARCHAEOTA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 0038313100     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-002-0512-5     Document Type: Article

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