The genetic basis of energy conservation in the sulfate-reducing bacterium Desulfovibrio alaskensis G20

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue OCT, 2014, Pages

  Price, Morgan N ^a   Ray, Jayashree ^a   Wetmore, Kelly M ^a   Kuehl, Jennifer V ^a   Bauer, Stefan ^b   Deutschbauer, Adam M ^a   Arkin, Adam P ^a,b,c  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of California at Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

Desulfovibrio; Electron bifurcation; Energy metabolism; Membrane complexes; Sulfate reducing bacteria

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHOLINE; FERREDOXIN; FORMIC ACID; FUMARIC ACID; HYDROGEN; LACTIC ACID; MALEIC ACID; PYRUVIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESULFOVIBRIO ALASKENSIS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY CONSERVATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM;

EID: 84987825028     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00577     Document Type: Article

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