Characterization and modelling of interspecies electron transfer mechanisms and microbial community dynamics of a syntrophic association

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Nagarajan, Harish ^a   Embree, Mallory ^a   Rotaru, Amelia Elena ^b   Shrestha, Pravin M ^b   Feist, Adam M ^a   Palsson, Bernhard Ø ^a   Lovley, Derek R ^b   Zengler, Karsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CARBON CYCLE; ELECTRON; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY TRANSFER; GENOME; GENOMICS; GEOBACTER METALLIREDUCENS; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; WORKFLOW;

GEOBACTER METALLIREDUCENS; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GEOBACTER; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84888371682     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3809     Document Type: Article

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