Pathways of carbon assimilation and ammonia oxidation suggested by environmental genomic analyses of marine Crenarchaeota

PLoS Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 520-536

  Hallam, Steven J ^a   Mincer, Tracy J ^a   Schleper, Christa ^b   Preston, Christina M ^c   Roberts, Katie ^d   Richardson, Paul M ^e   DeLong, Edward F ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DOE JOINT GENOME INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARBON; ACETYL COENZYME A CARBOXYLASE; AMMONIA MONOOXYGENASE; ARCHAEAL DNA; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HYDRACRYLIC ACID; ISOENZYME; LACTIC ACID; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SEA WATER;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; CARBON FIXATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRENARCHAEOTA; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENOMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; PREDICTION; SEA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; BIOLOGY; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETICS; GENOME; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OPERON; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYLOGENY;

ARCHAEA; CENARCHAEUM SYMBIOSUM; CRENARCHAEOTA;

ACETYL-COA CARBOXYLASE; AMMONIA; CARBON; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CRENARCHAEOTA; DATABASES, GENETIC; DNA, ARCHAEAL; GENOME, ARCHAEAL; ISOENZYMES; LACTIC ACID; MARINE BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OCEANS AND SEAS; OPERON; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; SEAWATER;

EID: 33646260901     PISSN: 15457885     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040095     Document Type: Article

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