Sulfur Metabolism in Phototrophic Sulfur Bacteria

Advances in Microbial Physiology

Volumn 54, Issue , 2008, Pages 103-200

  Frigaard, Niels Ulrik ^a   Dahl, Christiane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; SULFATE; SULFIDE; SULFITE; SULFUR;

BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CATALYSIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HELIOBACTERIUM; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOTROPH; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; SULFATE METABOLISM; SULFUR BACTERIUM;

CHLOROBI; CHROMATIACEAE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ALLOCHROMATIUM VINOSUM; CHLOROBI; CHROMATIACEAE; PHOTOBACTERIA;

EID: 52949095063     PISSN: 00652911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2911(08)00002-7     Document Type: Review

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