Fractionation of sulfur isotopes by Desulfovibrio vulgaris mutants lacking hydrogenases or type I tetraheme cytochrome c3

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue JUN, 2013, Pages

  Sim, Min Sub ^a,b   Wang, David T ^b   Zane, Grant M ^c   Wall, Judy D ^c   Bosak, Tanja ^b   Ono, Shuhei ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron transport; Hydrogen cycling; Isotope effect; Mutation; Sulfate reduction

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C3; HYDROGEN; HYDROGENASE; PYRUVIC ACID; SULFUR; TYPE I TETRAHEME CYTOCHROME C3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; DESULFOVIBRIO VULGARIS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FRACTIONATION; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

DESULFOVIBRIO VULGARIS; DESULFOVIBRIO VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS STR. HILDENBOROUGH;

EID: 84884260940     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00171     Document Type: Article

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