My Lifelong Passion for Biochemistry and Anaerobic Microorganisms

Annual Review of Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-30

  Thauer, Rudolf Kurt ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

acetogenic bacteria; carbon monoxide intermediate; clostridia; flavin based electron bifurcation; methanogenic archaea; nickel enzymes; sulfate reducing bacteria

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; AROMATIC COMPOUND; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE DEHYDROGENASE; COBAMAMIDE; FERREDOXIN; MESNA; NICKEL IRON HYDROGENASE; QUERCETIN; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SULFATE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ACETOGENESIS; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARCHAEOGLOBUS; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; CARBOXYLATION; CLOSTRIDIA; CLOSTRIDIUM KLUYVERI; DEGRADATION; DESULFOVIBRIO VULGARIS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; EUKARYOTE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMOPHILE; LEARNING; METHANOBREVIBACTER THAUERI; METHANOGEN; METHANOGENESIS; METHANOTHERMOBACTER MARBURGENSIS; METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; QUANTITATIVE BIOLOGY; REVIEW; SCIENTIST; STUDENT; SULFATE REDUCER; SULFOLOBUS ACIDOCALDARIUS; THAUERA SELENATIS; THERMODYNAMICS; THERMUS AQUATICUS; WORK; WRITING; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ART; CLASSIFICATION; GERMANY; HISTORY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIOCHEMISTRY; GERMANY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84945246501     PISSN: 00664227     EISSN: 15453251     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-micro-091014-104344     Document Type: Review

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