A new intra-aerobic metabolism in the nitrite-dependent anaerobic methane-oxidizing bacterium Candidatus 'Methylomirabilis oxyfera'

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 243-248

  Wu, Ming L ^a   Ettwig, Katharina F ^a   Jetten, Mike S M ^a,b   Strous, Marc ^c,d   Keltjens, Jan T ^a   Van Niftrik, Laura ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

C1 assimilation; Candidatus 'Methylomirabilis oxyfera'; Denitrification; Methanotrophy

Indexed keywords

METHANE; NITRITE; RNA 16S;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENITRIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM; METHYLOMIRABILIS OXYFERA; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; ENERGY METABOLISM; METHANE; METHYLOCOCCACEAE; NITRITES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79551503528     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST0390243     Document Type: Conference Paper

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