Characterization of a planctomycetal organelle: A novel bacterial microcompartment for the aerobic degradation of plant saccharides

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2193-2205

  Erbilgin, Onur ^a   McDonald, Kent L ^b   Kerfeld, Cheryl A ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC DEGRADATION; CATABOLIC REACTION; ECOLOGICAL ROLES; FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY; HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIAS; METABOLIC ACTIVITY; MICRO-COMPARTMENTS; NOVEL FUNCTIONS;

GENES;

SUGARS;

ALGA; CARBON FIXATION; CELL ORGANELLE; DEGRADATION; GENE; GROWTH; PLANT; REPRODUCTION; SHELL;

FUCOSE; RHAMNOSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELL ORGANELLE; CHEMISTRY; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE ORDER; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PLANCTOMYCETALES; PLANT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; FUCOSE; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENE ORDER; GENES, BACTERIAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; ORGANELLES; PHYLOGENY; PLANCTOMYCETALES; PLANTS; RHAMNOSE;

EID: 84900070956     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03887-13     Document Type: Article

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