The Wolfe cycle comes full circle

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 38, 2012, Pages 15084-15085

  Thauer, Rudolf K ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; AMMONIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; COBAMAMIDE; FERREDOXIN; MESNA; METHANE; ORNITHINE; SODIUM ION; TRICARBOXYLIC ACID;

CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CYTOPLASM; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY CONVERSION; METHANOCOCCUS MARIPALUDIS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PH; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UREA CYCLE; WOLFE CYCLE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; HYDROGENASE; METHANE;

EID: 84866544156     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1213193109     Document Type: Note

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