Role of copper and iron in methane oxidation and bacterial biopolymer accumulation

Engineering in Life Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 387-399

  Chidambarampadmavathy, Karthigeyan ^a   Obulisamy P , Karthikeyan ^a   Heimann, Kirsten ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioreactor; Copper; Iron; Methanotrophs; Polyhydroxyalkaonate

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOMOLECULES; BIOREACTORS; COPPER; ENZYMES; IRON;

BACTERIAL BIOPOLYMERS; ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS; INTERACTIVE EFFECT; METHANE MONOOXYGENASE; METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIA; METHANOTROPHS; POLY-HYDROXYALKANOATE; POLYHYDROXYALKAONATE;

METHANE;

3 HYDROXYBUTYRATE DEHYDROGENASE; BIOPOLYMER; CITRATE SYNTHASE; COPPER; HYDROXYBUTYRATE DEHYDROGENASE; IRON; METHANE MONOOXYGENASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOREACTOR; COPPER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IRON; METHANE; METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM; OXIDATION; POLYMER;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; BIOACCUMULATION; CARBON FIXATION; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROXYLATION; IRON TRANSPORT; METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; METHYLOCOCCUS CAPSULATUS; METHYLOSINUS TRICHOSPORIUM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); TYPE II METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIUM;

EID: 84929502994     PISSN: 16180240     EISSN: 16182863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/elsc.201400127     Document Type: Review

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