Methane as fuel for anaerobic microorganisms

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1125, Issue , 2008, Pages 158-170

  Thauer, Rudolf K ^a   Shima, Seigo ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaerobic oxidation of methane; Glycyl radical enzymes; Methanotrophic archaea; Methanotrophic bacteria; Methyl coenzyme M reductase; Methylsuccinate synthase; Nickel cofactor F430

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; ETHANE; FUMARIC ACID; METHANE; METHANOL; NITRATE; OXIDE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROPANE; SUCCINIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SULFATE; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CARBON SOURCE; CARBOXYLATION; CATALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; DENITRIFICATION; ENERGY RESOURCE; METHANOGENESIS; METHANOGENIC ARCHAEON; METHANOSARCINA; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; METHANOSARCINALES;

EID: 41349105149     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1419.000     Document Type: Conference Paper

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