How sulphate-reducing microorganisms cope with stress: Lessons from systems biology

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 452-466

  Zhou, Jizhong ^a,b,c   He, Qiang ^d   Hemme, Christopher L ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Aindrila ^b   Hillesland, Kristina ^e   Zhou, Aifen ^a   He, Zhili ^a   Van Nostrand, Joy D ^a   Hazen, Terry C ^b   Stahl, David A ^e   Wall, Judy D ^f   Arkin, Adam P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

^e University of Washington   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; HYDROGEN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DESULFOVIBRIO; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENERGY YIELD; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; IRON METABOLISM; METAGENOMICS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL CORROSION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRESS; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM; SULFUR CYCLE; SYNTROPHIC GROWTH; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; DESULFOVIBRIO VULGARIS; PHYLOGENY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SULFATES; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

DESULFOVIBRIO;

EID: 79956076088     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: 17401534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro2575     Document Type: Review

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