Production of C35 isoprenoids depends on H2 availability during cultivation of the hyperthermophile Methanococcus jannaschii

Extremophiles

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-21

  Manquin, Brendan P ^a   Morgan, John A ^a,b   Ju, Jaeyeong ^a   Müller Späth, Thomas ^a   Clark, Douglas S ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaeal membranes; Barophiles; Isoprenoids; Mass transfer coefficients; Methanogens; Thermophiles

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; METHANOBACTERIALES; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII;

HYDROGEN; TERPENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FERMENTATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; METHANOCOCCUS; PH; TEMPERATURE;

CULTURE MEDIA; FERMENTATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METHANOCOCCUS; TEMPERATURE; TERPENES;

EID: 4644327097     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-003-0351-6     Document Type: Article

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