Dissecting the roles of Escherichia coli hydrogenases in biohydrogen production

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 278, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 48-55

  Redwood, Mark D ^a   Mikheenko, Iryna P ^a   Sargent, Frank ^b   Macaskie, Lynne E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biohydrogen; Escherichia coli; Hydrogenases

Indexed keywords

FORMIC ACID; HYDROGEN; HYDROGENASE; HYDROGENASE 1; HYDROGENASE 2; HYDROGENASE 3; ISOENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MODIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; HYDROGEN; HYDROGENASE; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; OXIDOREDUCTASES; SEQUENCE DELETION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 36749100610     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.00966.x     Document Type: Article

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