How to Make a Living by Exhaling Methane

Annual Review of Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue , 2010, Pages 453-473

  Ferry, James G ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anaerobic; Archaea; electron transport carbon cycle; energy conservation

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE; METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; COENZYME; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYME MECHANISM; EXPIRED AIR; MARINE SPECIES; METHANOGEN; METHANOGENESIS; METHANOSARCINA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACETIC ACID; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROGEN; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; METHANE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

PROKARYOTA;

EID: 77957951370     PISSN: 00664227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.micro.112408.134051     Document Type: Review

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