Recent advances in mapping environmental microbial metabolisms through 13C isotopic fingerprints

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 9, Issue 76, 2012, Pages 2767-2780

  Tang, Joseph Kuo Hsiang ^a   You, Le ^b   Blankenship, Robert E ^c   Tang, Yinjie J ^b  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon fluxes; Channelling; Isotopic effect; Isotopomers; Novel enzymes

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENZYMES; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; MICROORGANISMS; PHYSIOLOGY; SUBSTRATES;

CARBON FLUXES; CELL METABOLISM; CHANNELLING; ENTNER-DOUDOROFF; ENZYME FUNCTIONS; FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION; HUMAN HEALTH; ISOTOPIC EFFECTS; ISOTOPIC METHODS; ISOTOPIC PATTERN; ISOTOPOMERS; METABOLIC FLUX QUANTIFICATION; METABOLIC NETWORK; METABOLIC PRODUCTS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; PATHWAY IDENTIFICATION; TRICARBOXYLIC ACID CYCLE;

ISOTOPES;

CARBON; CARBON 13;

BIOSYNTHESIS; BREATHING; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; CATABOLISM; CELL METABOLISM; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; FINGER DERMATOGLYPHICS; METABOLITE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTROPHY; REVIEW;

EID: 84867457060     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2012.0396     Document Type: Review

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