Hydrogen as an energy source for the human pathogen Bilophila wadsworthia

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 381-390

  da Silva, Sofia M ^a   Venceslau, Sofia S ^a   Fernandes, Cláudia L V ^a   Valente, Filipa M A ^a   Pereira, Inês A C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bilophila wadsworthia; Formate dehydrogenase; Gut bacteria; Hydrogen; Hydrogenase

Indexed keywords

FORMIC ACID; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR; HYDROGEN; HYDROGENASE; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; PYRUVIC ACID; SULFATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BILOPHILA WADSWORTHIA; COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

BILOPHILA; DESULFOVIBRIONACEAE INFECTIONS; FORMATE DEHYDROGENASES; HUMANS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGENASE; ISOENZYMES; PYRUVATE SYNTHASE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BILOPHILA WADSWORTHIA; MAMMALIA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 41149118138     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10482-007-9215-x     Document Type: Article

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