Nitrite as an energy-conserving electron sink for the acetogenic bacterium Moorella thermoacetica

Current Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 329-333

  Seifritz, Corinna ^a   Drake, Harold L ^a   Daniel, Steven L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; CYTOCHROME B; FRUCTOSE; GLYCOLIC ACID; GLYOXYLIC ACID; HYDROGEN; NITRITE; OXALIC ACID; VANILLIN; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GLYOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ACETOGENESIS; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FUNGUS; GLYOXYLATION; GROWTH REGULATION; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOORELLA THERMOACETICA; MOORELLA THERMOAUTOTROPHICA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; BACTERIUM; CELL MEMBRANE; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYMOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; MOORELLA; MOORELLA THERMOACETICA; MOORELLA THERMOAUTOTROPHICA; NEGIBACTERIA;

ACETATES; BACTERIA; CELL MEMBRANE; CULTURE MEDIA; CYTOCHROME B GROUP; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY METABOLISM; GLYOXYLATES; NITRITES;

EID: 0038389107     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-002-3830-6     Document Type: Article

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