A metagenomics-based metabolic model of nitrate-dependent anaerobic oxidation of methane by Methanoperedens-like archaea

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue DEC, 2015, Pages

  Arshad, Arslan ^a   Speth, Daan R ^a   De Graaf, Rob M ^a   Op den Camp, Huub J M ^a   Jetten, Mike S M ^a   Welte, Cornelia U ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anaerobic respiration; ANME; Archaea; Cytochrome c; Electron transport; Heterodisulfide reductase; Methanogenesis; Methanotrophy

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450; FERREDOXIN; METHANE; MULTIENZYME COMPLEX; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRITE REDUCTASE; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY METABOLISM; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; METAGENOMICS; METHANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTON TRANSPORT;

EID: 84953886208     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01423     Document Type: Article

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