Unique flexibility in energy metabolism allows mycobacteria to combat starvation and hypoxia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Berney, Michael ^a   Cook, Gregory M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; FERREDOXIN; HYDROGENASE; OXYGEN; GLYOXYLIC ACID; GLYOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENERGY RESOURCE; HYPOXIA; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN SATURATION; STARVATION; BACTERIAL GENE; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS;

CITRIC ACID CYCLE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLYOXYLATES; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; OXYGEN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77649141318     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008614     Document Type: Article

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