Genome-guided analysis of physiological capacities of Tepidanaerobacter acetatoxydans provides insights into environmental adaptations and syntrophic acetate oxidation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Müller, Bettina ^a   Manzoor, Shahid ^a,b   Niazi, Adnan ^a   Bongcam Rudloff, Erik ^a   Schnürer, Anna ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; AMMONIA; BIOGAS; FORMATE DEHYDROGENASE; FORMIC ACID; IRON HYDROGENASE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FLOCCULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; METHANOGEN; NONHUMAN; SYNTROPHIC ACETATE OXIDISING BACTERIUM; TEPIDANAEROBACTER ACETATOXYDANS; ADAPTATION; BACTERIAL GENOME; ENVIRONMENT; FIRMICUTES; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOMICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ACETATES; ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ENVIRONMENT; FIRMICUTES; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 84926175534     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0121237     Document Type: Article

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