Bioenergetic challenges of microbial iron metabolisms

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 330-340

  Bird, Lina J ^a,b   Bonnefoy, Violaine ^c   Newman, Dianne K ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CNRS and Aix Marseille University   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRIC ION; FERROUS ION;

ACIDOPHILE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODIVERSITY; BIOENERGY; CELL ENERGY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; IRON METABOLISM; LITHOTROPH; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; REVIEW;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 79959886819     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: 18784380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2011.05.001     Document Type: Review

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