A soil actinobacterium scavenges atmospheric H2 using two membrane-associated, oxygen-dependent [NiFe] hydrogenases

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 4257-4261

  Greening, Chris ^a,b   Berney, Michael ^a,c   Hards, Kiel ^a   Cook, Gregory M ^a   Conrad, Ralf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric chemistry; Biogeochemical cycles; Enzyme kinetics; Mycobacteria

Indexed keywords

CARBON; HYDROGEN; HYDROGENASE; OXYGEN DEPENDENT HYDROGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME KINETICS; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL ORGANISM;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES; ENZYME KINETICS; MYCOBACTERIA;

ATMOSPHERE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGENASE; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84896541745     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1320586111     Document Type: Article

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