Systematic genomic analysis reveals the complementary aerobic and anaerobic respiration capacities of the human gut microbiota

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue DEC, 2014, Pages

  Ravcheev, Dmitry A ^a,b   Thiele, Ines ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^b INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Comparative genomics; Functional annotation; Human gut microbiome; Respiration

Indexed keywords

MICROAEROBIC REDUCTASE; NITROGEN OXIDE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; THIOSULFATE REDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROBIC CAPACITY; ALGORITHM; ANAEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; FAECALIBACTERIUM PRAUSNITZII; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; PREDICTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84920657360     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00674     Document Type: Article

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