Shallow breathing: Bacterial life at low O 2

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 205-212

  Morris, Rachel L ^a,b   Schmidt, Thomas M ^a,b  

^a Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXIDOREDUCTASE; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BREATHING; CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI; ELECTRON; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; METAGENOME; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ENERGY METABOLISM; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXYGEN;

EID: 84874074330     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: 17401534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro2970     Document Type: Article

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