The modular respiratory complexes involved in hydrogen and sulfur metabolism by heterotrophic hyperthermophilic archaea and their evolutionary implications

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 182-203

  Schut, Gerrit J ^a   Boyd, Eric S ^b   Peters, John W ^b   Adams, Michael W W ^a  

^a University of Georgia   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaea; Evolution; Hydrogenase; Respiratory complexes

Indexed keywords

FERREDOXIN; FORMIC ACID; HYDROGEN; HYDROGENASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE (UBIQUINONE); REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; SULFUR;

ENERGY CONSERVATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HYPERTHERMOPHILIC ARCHAEON; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PHYLOGENY; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; REVIEW; THERMODYNAMICS;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; ENERGY METABOLISM; FERREDOXINS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGENASE; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SODIUM-HYDROGEN ANTIPORTER; SULFUR;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS;

EID: 84873290195     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: 15746976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2012.00346.x     Document Type: Review

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