Genetic evidence for bacterial chemolithoautotrophy based on the reductive tricarboxylic acid cycle in groundwater systems

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 209-214

  Alfreider, Albin ^a   Vogt, Carsten ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemoautotroph; CO 2 fixation; Groundwater; Reverse tricarboxylic acid cycle

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; GROUND WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CHEMOAUTOTROPHY; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYLOGENY;

BACTERIA; CHEMOAUTOTROPHIC GROWTH; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GROUNDWATER; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84862643958     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.ME11274     Document Type: Article

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