Genomic and metagenomic surveys of hydrogenase distribution indicate H 2 is a widely utilised energy source for microbial growth and survival

ISME Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 761-777

  Greening, Chris ^a,b   Biswas, Ambarish ^a   Carere, Carlo R ^c,d   Jackson, Colin J ^e   Taylor, Matthew C ^b   Stott, Matthew B ^c   Cook, Gregory M ^a,f   Morales, Sergio E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^d SCION   (New Zealand)

^e AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; CARBON FIXATION; ELECTRON; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; GROWTH RATE; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OXIC CONDITIONS; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN; RESPIRATION; SURVIVAL;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ARCHAEAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HYDROGEN; HYDROGENASE;

ARCHAEON; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GENOMICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METAGENOMICS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN MOTIF;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ARCHAEA; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ECOSYSTEM; GENOMICS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGENASE; METAGENOMICS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84942279728     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2015.153     Document Type: Article

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