Bacterial metabolism of methylated amines and identification of novel methylotrophs in Movile Cave

ISME Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 195-206

  Wischer, Daniela ^a   Kumaresan, Deepak ^a,d   Johnston, Antonia ^a   El Khawand, Myriam ^a   Stephenson, Jason ^b   Hillebrand Voiculescu, Alexandra M ^c   Chen, Yin ^b   Murrell, J Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c EMIL RACOVI INSTITUTE OF SPELEOLOGY   (Romania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CATELLIBACTERIUM; FUNGI; INVERTEBRATA; METHYLOTENERA;

GAMMA-GLUTAMYLMETHYLAMIDE SYNTHETASE; GLUTAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; LIGASE; METHYLAMINE; N-METHYLGLUTAMATE; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; CAVE; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHYLOPHILACEAE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROMANIA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CARBON-NITROGEN LIGASES; CAVES; ECOSYSTEM; GLUTAMATES; METHYLAMINES; METHYLOPHILACEAE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; ROMANIA;

EID: 84927691350     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2014.102     Document Type: Article

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