Fractionation of nitrogen isotopes during amino acid metabolism in heterotrophic and chemolithoautotrophic microbes across Eukarya, Bacteria, and Archaea: Effects of nitrogen sources and metabolic pathways

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 111, Issue , 2017, Pages 101-112

  Yamaguchi, Yasuhiko T ^a,b   Chikaraishi, Yoshito ^a,d   Takano, Yoshinori ^a   Ogawa, Nanako O ^a   Imachi, Hiroyuki ^a   Yokoyama, Yusuke ^a,b   Ohkouchi, Naohiko ^a,b,c  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Japan Agency for Marine–Earth Science and Technology ^*  (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Chemotrophic microbes; Compound specific nitrogen isotope analysis; Culture experiments; Metabolic pathways

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ISOTOPES; METABOLISM; MICROORGANISMS; NITROGEN; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; CHEMOLITHOAUTOTROPHIC; CHEMOTROPHIC MICROBES; INORGANIC NITROGEN; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATIONS; METABOLIC PATHWAYS; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; NITROGEN ISOTOPES;

AMINO ACIDS;

AMINO ACID; BACTERIUM; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHEMOTROPHY; EUKARYOTE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD WEB; FRACTIONATION; HETEROTROPHY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PROKARYOTE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; FUNGI;

EID: 85025802137     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2017.04.004     Document Type: Article

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