Functional metabolic map of Faecalibacterium prausnitzii, a beneficial human gut microbe

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 196, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 3289-3302

  Heinken, Almut ^a,b   Khan, M Tanweer ^c   Paglia, Giuseppe ^b   Rodionov, Dmitry A ^d,e   Harmsen, Hermie J M ^c   Thiele, Ines ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETATE KINASE; ACETIC ACID; ACETYL COENZYME A; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BIOTIN; CYSTEINE; FOLIC ACID; FORMIC ACID; GALACTURONIC ACID; GLUCOSE; GLUCURONIC ACID; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE; LACTIC ACID; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; PALMITIC ACID; PANTOTHENIC ACID; PENTOSE; PYRIDOXINE; PYRUVIC ACID; RIBOFLAVIN; THIAMINE; URONIC ACID; VITAMIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBON SOURCE; CHEMICALLY DEFINED MEDIUM; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; COMPUTER MODEL; CULTURE MEDIUM; FAECALIBACTERIUM PRAUSNITZII; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; GENOMICS; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; GLYCOLYSIS; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH RATE; IN VITRO STUDY; INTESTINE FLORA; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITE; METABOLOMICS; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; FACTUAL DATABASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84906052535     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01780-14     Document Type: Article

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