Heterologous production of an energy-conserving carbon monoxide dehydrogenase complex in the hyperthermophile Pyrococcus furiosus

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue JAN, 2016, Pages

  Schut, Gerrit J ^a   Lipscomb, Gina L ^a   Nguyen, Diep M N ^a   Kelly, Robert M ^b   Adams, Michael W W ^a  

^a University of Georgia   (United States)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic respiration; Archaea; Carbon monoxide; Energy; Hydrogen; Hyperthermophile; Thermococcales

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE DEHYDROGENASE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; HYDROGEN;

ARTICLE; CARBON FIXATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ASSAY; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; THERMOCOCCUS;

EID: 84957933154     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00029     Document Type: Article

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