A life with acetogens, thermophiles, and cellulolytic anaerobes

Annual Review of Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue , 2009, Pages 1-25

  Ljungdahl, Lars G ^a  

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Acetyl CoA pathway; Anaerobic fungi; Cellulosomes; Clostridia; CO2 fixation; Corrinoids; Tetrahydrofolates

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ACETYL COENZYME A; AMINO ACID; CARBON DIOXIDE; PROTEIN;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; AUTOTROPHY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOORELLA THERMOACETICA; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; UNITED STATES; YEAST;

ACETYL COENZYME A; ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CARBON DIOXIDE; FUNGI; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; MICROBIOLOGY;

CLOSTRIDIA; FUNGI;

EID: 70349557670     PISSN: 00664227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.micro.091208.073617     Document Type: Review

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