Evidence for autotrophic CO2 fixation via the reductive tricarboxylic acid cycle by members of the ε subdivision of proteobacteria

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 3020-3027

  Hügler, Michael ^a,b   Wirsen, Carl O ^a   Fuchs, Georg ^b   Taylor, Craig D ^a   Sievert, Stefan M ^a,c  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE CITRATE LYASE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CITRIC ACID; FERREDOXIN NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE REDUCTASE; PYRUVATE SYNTHASE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARCOBACTER; ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; BACTERIAL GENE; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC CODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOBACTERIA; REDUCTION; THIOMICROSPIRA; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY;

CANDIDATUS; CANDIDATUS ARCOBACTER SULFIDICUS; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; THIOMICROSPIRA; THIOMICROSPIRA DENITRIFICANS;

ARCOBACTER; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 17644414104     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.9.3020-3027.2005     Document Type: Article

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