Ecosystems biology of microbial metabolism

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 541-546

  Klitgord, Niels ^a   Segrè, Daniel ^a,b,c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY MODELS; ECOSYSTEM LEVELS; HIGH THROUGHPUT; METABOLIC CAPABILITIES; METABOLIC NETWORK; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; MULTIPLE SCALE; SEQUENCING METHOD; SYSTEM-LEVEL APPROACH; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

BACTERIA; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METABOLISM;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIOSPHERE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STOICHIOMETRY;

ALGORITHMS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 79960939957     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: 18790429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2011.04.018     Document Type: Review

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