The strict anaerobe Bacteroides fragilis grows in and benefits from nanomolar concentrations of oxygen

Nature

Volumn 427, Issue 6973, 2004, Pages 441-444

  Baughn, Anthony D ^a   Malamy, Michael H ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; OXYGEN; PHYSIOLOGY;

ELECTRON TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; GROWTH INHIBITION;

BACTERIA;

CYTOCHROME B OXIDASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; OXYGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIUM; OXYGEN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; GENE CLUSTER; MODEL; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CYTOCHROMES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; MAMMALIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PORPHYROMONAS; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; TANNERELLA FORSYTHENSIS;

EID: 0842264185     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02285     Document Type: Article

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