Metabolic analysis of Chlorobium chlorochromatii CaD3 reveals clues of the symbiosis in 'Chlorochromatium aggregatum'.

ISME Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 991-998

  Cerqueda García, Daniel ^a,b   Martínez Castilla, León P ^a   Falcón, Luisa I ^b   Delaye, Luis ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE INGENIERÍA GENÉTICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

chlorobia; elementary flux modes; nitrogen metabolism; syntrophy

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIUM; CARBON FIXATION; EPIBIONT; METABOLISM; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHOTOAUTOTROPHY; PHYLOGENETICS; PROTEOMICS; SULFIDE; SYMBIOSIS; CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CHLOROBIA; CHLOROBIUM; CHLOROBIUM CHLOROCHROMATII; CHLOROCHROMATIUM AGGREGATUM; PHOTOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; ALANINE DEHYDROGENASE; ALPHA-KETOGLUTARIC ACID; AMINO ACID; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; CHLOROBIUM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METABOLOME; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

ALANINE DEHYDROGENASE; AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHLOROBIUM; KETOGLUTARIC ACIDS; METABOLOME; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84899491368     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2013.207     Document Type: Article

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