Ammonia-oxidizing archaea use the most energy-efficient aerobic pathway for CO2 fixation

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

Volumn 111, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 8239-8244

  Könneke, Martin ^a,b   Schubert, Daniel M ^c   Brown, Philip C ^c   Hügler, Michael ^d   Standfest, Sonja ^b   Schwander, Thomas ^e   Schada Von Borzyskowski, Lennart ^e   Erb, Tobias J ^e   Stahl, David A ^f   Berg, Ivan A ^c,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d Water Technology Center   (Germany)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f University of Washington   (United States)

^g MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Autotrophy; Nitrosopumilus maritimus

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBUTYRYL COA DEHYDRATASE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELL EXTRACT; HYDRACRYLIC ACID; HYDROLYASE; HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; AMMONIA OXIDIZING ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; NITROSOPUMILUS MARITIMUS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AUTOTROPHY; NITROSOPUMILUS MARITIMUS;

ACETYL COENZYME A; AEROBIOSIS; AMMONIA; ARCHAEA; AUTOTROPHIC PROCESSES; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HYDRO-LYASES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84901842685     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1402028111     Document Type: Article

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