Carbon isotope fractionation of 11 acetogenic strains grown on H2 and CO2

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1787-1794

  Blaser, Martin B ^a   Dreisbach, Lisa K ^a   Conrad, Ralf ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETOGENIC BACTERIA; ACETYL COENZYME A; ACETYL-COA; BACTERIAL STRAINS; CARBON ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; CARBON ISOTOPES; CULTURAL CONDITIONS; END-PRODUCTS; FRACTIONATION FACTORS; ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; PRODUCTION OF; REPRODUCIBILITIES; SPHAEROIDES; STABLE CARBON; STABLE CARBON ISOTOPE FRACTIONATIONS; THERMOANAEROBACTER; TOTAL INORGANIC CARBON;

BACTERIA; CARBON; ISOTOPES; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROGEN;

ACETATE; BACTERIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHEMOAUTOTROPHY; HYDROGEN; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM;

ACETATES; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HYDROGEN;

EID: 84874792805     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03203-12     Document Type: Article

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