Metabolic evolution of a deep-branching hyperthermophilic chemoautotrophic bacterium

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Braakman, Rogier ^a,c   Smith, Eric ^a,b  

^a SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; COENZYME; NUCLEOTIDE; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; THIOCTIC ACID;

AQUIFEX AEOLICUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CARBON FIXATION; CHEMOAUTOTROPHY; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HYPERTHERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; BACTERIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBON CYCLE; CHEMISTRY; COENZYME; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY;

AMINO ACIDS, BRANCHED-CHAIN; BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CARBON CYCLE; CHEMOAUTOTROPHIC GROWTH; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; COENZYMES; ENERGY METABOLISM; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; NUCLEOTIDES; PHYLOGENY; PYRROLES; THIOCTIC ACID;

EID: 84895530472     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087950     Document Type: Article

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