Mechanisms and evolution of oxidative sulfur metabolism in green sulfur bacteria

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue MAY, 2011, Pages

  Gregersen, Lea H ^a,c   Bryant, Donald A ^b   Frigaard, Niels Ulrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dissimilatory sulfite reductase; Flavocytochrome c; Green sulfur bacteria; Horizontal gene transfer; Metabolism evolution; Purple sulfur bacteria; SOX enzyme system; Sulfide:quinone oxidoreductase

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052907486     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2011.00116     Document Type: Article

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