Bacterial enzymes for dissimilatory sulfate reduction in a marine microbial mat (Black Sea) mediating anaerobic oxidation of methane

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1370-1379

  Basen, Mirko ^a,e   Krüger, Martin ^b   Milucka, Jana ^a   Kuever, Jan ^c   Kahnt, Jörg ^d   Grundmann, Olav ^a   Meyerdierks, Anke ^a   Widdel, Friedrich ^a   Shima, Seigo ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Federal Institute for Geosciences and Resources   (Germany)

^c Bremen Institute for Materials Testing   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENYLYLSULFATE REDUCTASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HYDROGEN SULFITE REDUCTASE; METHANE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SULFATE; SULFATE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BLACK SEA; CLASSIFICATION; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE ANAEROBIC BACTERIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIOSIS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLACK SEA; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; HYDROGENSULFITE REDUCTASE; METHANE; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON SULFUR GROUP DONORS; SULFATE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE; SULFATES; SULFUR-REDUCING BACTERIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; DESULFOCOCCUS; DESULFOSARCINA;

EID: 79955023438     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02443.x     Document Type: Article

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