Sequestered organelles sustain aerobic microbial life in anoxic environments

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 544-550

  Esteban, Genoveva F ^a   Finlay, Bland J ^a   Clarke, Ken J ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b FRESHWATER BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL HYPOXIA; CHLOROPLAST; CYTOPLASM; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; OLIGOHYMENOPHOREA; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AEROBIOSIS; ANIMALS; CELL HYPOXIA; CHLOROPLASTS; CYTOPLASM; FRESH WATER; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MITOCHONDRIA; OLIGOHYMENOPHOREA;

CILIOPHORA; EUKARYOTA; HISTIOBALANTIUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 58549108813     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01797.x     Document Type: Article

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