In Silico approaches to study mass and energy flows in microbial consortia: A syntrophic case study

BMC Systems Biology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Taffs, Reed ^a   Aston, John E ^a   Brileya, Kristen ^a   Jay, Zackary ^a   Klatt, Christian G ^a   McGlynn, Shawn ^a   Mallette, Natasha ^a   Montross, Scott ^a   Gerlach, Robin ^a   Inskeep, William P ^a   Ward, David M ^a   Carlson, Ross P ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BASIDIOMYCOTA; OCTOPUS;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHLOROFLEXUS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; METABOLISM; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYNECHOCOCCUS; UNITED STATES;

CHLOROFLEXUS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN FIXATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYNECHOCOCCUS; WYOMING;

EID: 74049119822     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17520509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-0509-3-114     Document Type: Article

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