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March 2008

Volume 1125 Incredible Anaerobes From Physiology to Genomics to Fuels

Pages xi–xiii, 1–373

  1. Foreword

    1. Top of page
    2. Foreword
    3. Part I. Diversity and Physiology of Various Anaerobes
    4. Part II. Acetogens and Homoacetogenic Fermentation
    5. Part III. Methanogens and Methanogenesis
    6. Part IV. Metal Reductions and Metal Enzymes
    7. Part V. Cellulolytic Anaerobes and Their Cellulolytic Enzymes
    8. Part VI. Applied Aspects and Fuel Production
    9. Index of Contributors
    1. Foreword (pages xi–xiii)

      Michael W.W. Adams, Robert J. Maier and Juergen Wiegel

      Article first published online: 26 MAR 2008 | DOI: 10.1196/annals.1419.031

  2. Part I. Diversity and Physiology of Various Anaerobes

    1. Top of page
    2. Foreword
    3. Part I. Diversity and Physiology of Various Anaerobes
    4. Part II. Acetogens and Homoacetogenic Fermentation
    5. Part III. Methanogens and Methanogenesis
    6. Part IV. Metal Reductions and Metal Enzymes
    7. Part V. Cellulolytic Anaerobes and Their Cellulolytic Enzymes
    8. Part VI. Applied Aspects and Fuel Production
    9. Index of Contributors
    1. Diversity of Thermophilic Anaerobes (pages 1–43)

      Isaac D. Wagner and Juergen Wiegel

      Article first published online: 26 MAR 2008 | DOI: 10.1196/annals.1419.029

    2. Life at Extreme Limits : The Anaerobic Halophilic Alkalithermophiles (pages 44–57)

      Noha M. Mesbah and Juergen Wiegel

      Article first published online: 26 MAR 2008 | DOI: 10.1196/annals.1419.028

    3. Physiology, Ecology, Phylogeny, and Genomics of Microorganisms Capable of Syntrophic Metabolism (pages 58–72)

      Michael J. McInerney, Christopher G. Struchtemeyer, Jessica Sieber, Housna Mouttaki, Alfons J. M. Stams, Bernhard Schink, Lars Rohlin and Robert P. Gunsalus

      Article first published online: 26 MAR 2008 | DOI: 10.1196/annals.1419.005

    4. Comparative Genomics of Clostridia : Link between the Ecological Niche and Cell Surface Properties (pages 73–81)

      Holger Brüggemann and Gerhard Gottschalk

      Article first published online: 26 MAR 2008 | DOI: 10.1196/annals.1419.021

    5. Anaerobic Metabolism of Aromatic Compounds (pages 82–99)

      Georg Fuchs

      Article first published online: 26 MAR 2008 | DOI: 10.1196/annals.1419.010

  3. Part II. Acetogens and Homoacetogenic Fermentation

    1. Top of page
    2. Foreword
    3. Part I. Diversity and Physiology of Various Anaerobes
    4. Part II. Acetogens and Homoacetogenic Fermentation
    5. Part III. Methanogens and Methanogenesis
    6. Part IV. Metal Reductions and Metal Enzymes
    7. Part V. Cellulolytic Anaerobes and Their Cellulolytic Enzymes
    8. Part VI. Applied Aspects and Fuel Production
    9. Index of Contributors
    1. Old Acetogens, New Light (pages 100–128)

      Harold L. Drake, Anita S. Gößner and Steven L. Daniel

      Article first published online: 26 MAR 2008 | DOI: 10.1196/annals.1419.016

    2. Enzymology of the Wood–Ljungdahl Pathway of Acetogenesis (pages 129–136)

      Stephen W. Ragsdale

      Article first published online: 26 MAR 2008 | DOI: 10.1196/annals.1419.015

    3. Discovery of a Ferredoxin:NAD+-Oxidoreductase (Rnf) in Acetobacterium woodii : A Novel Potential Coupling Site in Acetogens (pages 137–146)

      Volker Müller, Frank Imkamp, Eva Biegel, Silke Schmidt and Sabrina Dilling

      Article first published online: 26 MAR 2008 | DOI: 10.1196/annals.1419.011

  4. Part III. Methanogens and Methanogenesis

    1. Top of page
    2. Foreword
    3. Part I. Diversity and Physiology of Various Anaerobes
    4. Part II. Acetogens and Homoacetogenic Fermentation
    5. Part III. Methanogens and Methanogenesis
    6. Part IV. Metal Reductions and Metal Enzymes
    7. Part V. Cellulolytic Anaerobes and Their Cellulolytic Enzymes
    8. Part VI. Applied Aspects and Fuel Production
    9. Index of Contributors
    1. Methanogenesis in Marine Sediments (pages 147–157)

      James G. Ferry and Daniel J. Lessner

      Article first published online: 26 MAR 2008 | DOI: 10.1196/annals.1419.007

    2. Methane as Fuel for Anaerobic Microorganisms (pages 158–170)

      Rudolf K. Thauer and Seigo Shima

      Article first published online: 26 MAR 2008 | DOI: 10.1196/annals.1419.000

    3. Metabolic, Phylogenetic, and Ecological Diversity of the Methanogenic Archaea (pages 171–189)

      Yuchen Liu and William B. Whitman

      Article first published online: 26 MAR 2008 | DOI: 10.1196/annals.1419.019

    4. Promiscuous Anaerobes : New and Unconventional Metabolism in Methanogenic Archaea (pages 190–214)

      Laura L. Grochowski and Robert H. White

      Article first published online: 26 MAR 2008 | DOI: 10.1196/annals.1419.001

  5. Part IV. Metal Reductions and Metal Enzymes

    1. Top of page
    2. Foreword
    3. Part I. Diversity and Physiology of Various Anaerobes
    4. Part II. Acetogens and Homoacetogenic Fermentation
    5. Part III. Methanogens and Methanogenesis
    6. Part IV. Metal Reductions and Metal Enzymes
    7. Part V. Cellulolytic Anaerobes and Their Cellulolytic Enzymes
    8. Part VI. Applied Aspects and Fuel Production
    9. Index of Contributors
    1. Tungsten, the Surprisingly Positively Acting Heavy Metal Element for Prokaryotes (pages 215–229)

      Jan R. Andreesen and Kathrin Makdessi

      Article first published online: 26 MAR 2008 | DOI: 10.1196/annals.1419.003

    2. Transformation of Inorganic and Organic Arsenic byAlkaliphilus oremlandiisp. nov. Strain OhILAs (pages 230–241)

      Edward Fisher, Asia M. Dawson, Ganna Polshyna, Joy Lisak, Bryan Crable, Eranda Perera, Mrunalni Ranganathan, Mirunalni Thangavelu, Partha Basu and John F. Stolz

      Article first published online: 26 MAR 2008 | DOI: 10.1196/annals.1419.006

    3. Hydrogen and Nickel Metabolism inHelicobacterSpecies (pages 242–251)

      Stéphane L. Benoit and Robert J. Maier

      Article first published online: 26 MAR 2008 | DOI: 10.1196/annals.1419.014

    4. Hydrogenases of the Model Hyperthermophiles (pages 252–266)

      Francis E. Jenney Jr and Michael W. W. Adams

      Article first published online: 26 MAR 2008 | DOI: 10.1196/annals.1419.013

  6. Part V. Cellulolytic Anaerobes and Their Cellulolytic Enzymes

    1. Top of page
    2. Foreword
    3. Part I. Diversity and Physiology of Various Anaerobes
    4. Part II. Acetogens and Homoacetogenic Fermentation
    5. Part III. Methanogens and Methanogenesis
    6. Part IV. Metal Reductions and Metal Enzymes
    7. Part V. Cellulolytic Anaerobes and Their Cellulolytic Enzymes
    8. Part VI. Applied Aspects and Fuel Production
    9. Index of Contributors
    1. Cellulases of Mesophilic Microorganisms : Cellulosome and Noncellulosome Producers (pages 267–279)

      Roy H. Doi

      Article first published online: 26 MAR 2008 | DOI: 10.1196/annals.1419.002

    2. Plant Cell Wall Breakdown by Anaerobic Microorganisms from the Mammalian Digestive Tract (pages 280–288)

      Harry J. Flint and Edward A. Bayer

      Article first published online: 26 MAR 2008 | DOI: 10.1196/annals.1419.022

    3. Three Microbial Strategies for Plant Cell Wall Degradation (pages 289–297)

      David B. Wilson

      Article first published online: 26 MAR 2008 | DOI: 10.1196/annals.1419.026

    4. Bacterial Cellulose Hydrolysis in Anaerobic Environmental Subsystems—Clostridium thermocellumandClostridium stercorarium, Thermophilic Plant-fiber Degraders (pages 298–307)

      Vladimir V. Zverlov and Wolfgang H. Schwarz

      Article first published online: 26 MAR 2008 | DOI: 10.1196/annals.1419.008

    5. The Cellulase/Hemicellulase System of the Anaerobic FungusOrpinomycesPC-2 and Aspects of Its Applied Use (pages 308–321)

      Lars G. Ljungdahl

      Article first published online: 26 MAR 2008 | DOI: 10.1196/annals.1419.030

  7. Part VI. Applied Aspects and Fuel Production

    1. Top of page
    2. Foreword
    3. Part I. Diversity and Physiology of Various Anaerobes
    4. Part II. Acetogens and Homoacetogenic Fermentation
    5. Part III. Methanogens and Methanogenesis
    6. Part IV. Metal Reductions and Metal Enzymes
    7. Part V. Cellulolytic Anaerobes and Their Cellulolytic Enzymes
    8. Part VI. Applied Aspects and Fuel Production
    9. Index of Contributors
    1. Polysaccharide Degradation and Synthesis by Extremely Thermophilic Anaerobes (pages 322–337)

      Amy L. VanFossen, Derrick L. Lewis, Jason D. Nichols and Robert M. Kelly

      Article first published online: 26 MAR 2008 | DOI: 10.1196/annals.1419.017

    2. A Preliminary Analysis of Microbial and Biochemical Properties of High-Temperature Compost (pages 338–344)

      Tairo Oshima and Toshiyuki Moriya

      Article first published online: 26 MAR 2008 | DOI: 10.1196/annals.1419.012

    3. Microbiology to Help Solve Our Energy Needs : Methanogenesis from Oil and the Impact of Nitrate on the Oil-field Sulfur Cycle (pages 345–352)

      Alexander Grigoryan and Gerrit Voordouw

      Article first published online: 26 MAR 2008 | DOI: 10.1196/annals.1419.004

    4. Fermentative Butanol Production : Bulk Chemical and Biofuel (pages 353–362)

      Peter Dürre

      Article first published online: 26 MAR 2008 | DOI: 10.1196/annals.1419.009

    5. Anaerobic Respiration in EngineeredEscherichia coliwith an Internal Electron Acceptor to Produce Fuel Ethanol (pages 363–372)

      Joy Doran Peterson and Lonnie O. Ingram

      Article first published online: 26 MAR 2008 | DOI: 10.1196/annals.1419.020

  8. Index of Contributors

    1. Top of page
    2. Foreword
    3. Part I. Diversity and Physiology of Various Anaerobes
    4. Part II. Acetogens and Homoacetogenic Fermentation
    5. Part III. Methanogens and Methanogenesis
    6. Part IV. Metal Reductions and Metal Enzymes
    7. Part V. Cellulolytic Anaerobes and Their Cellulolytic Enzymes
    8. Part VI. Applied Aspects and Fuel Production
    9. Index of Contributors
    1. Index of Contributors (page 373)

      Article first published online: 26 MAR 2008 | DOI: 10.1196/annals.1419.auindex_1

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