Inorganic sulfur oxidizing system in green sulfur bacteria

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 163-176

  Sakurai, Hidehiro ^a,b   Ogawa, Takuro ^c   Shiga, Michiko ^a   Inoue, Kazuhito ^a,c  

^a KANAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytochrome; Green sulfur bacteria; Sox; Sulfide dehydrogenase; Thiosulfate

Indexed keywords

SULFUR;

CHLOROBI; ELECTRON; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROKARYOTIC CELL; REVIEW;

CHLOROBI; ELECTRONS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; SULFUR;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROBI;

EID: 77953651658     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11120-010-9531-2     Document Type: Review

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