Energetic problems faced by micro-organisms growing or surviving on parsimonious energy sources and at acidic pH: I. Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans as a paradigm

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics

Volumn 1777, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1471-1479

  Ferguson, Stuart J ^a   Ingledew, W John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acidithiobacillus; Cytochrome oxidase; Inverse membrane potential; Reversed electron transport

Indexed keywords

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ACIDITY; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BIOENERGY; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENERGY TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; ACIDS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; ENERGY METABOLISM; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS;

EID: 56449121030     PISSN: 00052728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2008.08.012     Document Type: Review

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