The ultrastructure of the compartmentalized anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria is linked to their energy metabolism

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1805-1810

  Neumann, Sarah ^a   Jetten, Mike S M ^a   Van Niftrik, Laura ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox); Anammoxosome; Cell compartmentalization; Energy metabolism

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA;

ANAEROBIC AMMONIUM OXIDIZING BACTERIA; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAMMOXOSOME; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL ORGANELLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOLOGY; ENERGY METABOLISM; NITROGEN CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROKARYOTIC CELL;

BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

PLANCTOMYCETES; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 81855198129     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST20110728     Document Type: Conference Paper

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