In vitro study of lipid biosynthesis in an anaerobically methane-oxidizing microbial mat

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 4345-4351

  Blumenberg, Martin ^a   Seifert, Richard ^a   Nauhaus, Katja ^b,c   Pape, Thomas ^a   Michaelis, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; CARBON; FATTY ACIDS; GLYCEROL; LIPIDS; METHANE; MICROORGANISMS;

ANAEROBIC OXIDATION OF METHANE (AOM); BACTERIAL FATTY ACIDS; LIPID BIOSYNTHESIS; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIA (SRB);

BIOSYNTHESIS;

2 HYDROXYARCHAEOL; 2,6,10,15,19 PENTAMETHYLEICOSENE DERIVATIVE; ARCHAEOL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBON 13; ETHER DERIVATIVE; FATTY ACID DERIVATIVE; GLYCEROL; HEXADEC 11 ENOIC ACID; LIPID; METHANE; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; OXIDIZING AGENT; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL BOND; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; ISOTOPE LABELING; LIPOGENESIS; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL MAT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PHYLOGENY; SEDIMENT; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ARCHAEA; BIOMASS; CARBON ISOTOPES; ECOSYSTEM; LIPIDS; METHANE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SEAWATER; SULFUR-REDUCING BACTERIA;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 23744479180     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.8.4345-4351.2005     Document Type: Article

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