One carbon metabolism in SAR11 pelagic marine bacteria

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Sun, Jing ^a   Steindler, Laura ^a   Thrash, J Cameron ^a   Halsey, Kimberly H ^a   Smith, Daniel P ^a   Carter, Amy E ^a   Landry, Zachary C ^a   Giovannoni, Stephen J ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BETAINE; CARBON DIOXIDE; FORMALDEHYDE; METHANOL; METHYL GROUP; METHYLAMINE; ORGANIC CARBON; TETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; TRANSFERASE; TRIMETHYLAMINE; TRIMETHYLAMINE OXIDE; CARBON; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CARBON FIXATION; CARBON METABOLISM; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMETHYLATION; ENERGY YIELD; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MARINE BACTERIUM; METAGENOMICS; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; PELAGIC SPECIES; PLANKTON; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; AQUATIC SPECIES; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; CANDIDATUS PELAGIBACTER UBIQUE;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; METHYLATION; OXYGEN; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 80051997986     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023973     Document Type: Article

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