Microbe Magazine

Cover: Colorized micrograph of Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme disease. Researchers find that the organism is present in badgers in the United Kingdom, adding another potential reservoir for this wide-ranging human pathogen (see p. 352). (Image © Science Source).
Cover: Colorized micrograph of Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme disease. Researchers find that the organism is present in badgers in the United Kingdom, adding another potential reservoir for this wide-ranging human pathogen (see p. 352). (Image © Science Source).
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Hydrogen Metabolism and the Evolution of Biological Respiration
Electron transport phosphorylation (ETP), one of three known biochemical mechanisms for conserving energy, couples oxidation-reduction reactions to the translocation of ions across cell membranes (Table 1). Although we tend to associate ETP with high potential acceptors such as oxygen, it also co...
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Membrane-Bound Compartments in Bacteria
Once thought to be mere bags of enzymes, bacterial cells are remarkably more complex. Like eukaryotes, for example, bacteria are compartmentalized. Traditionally, living organisms were divided into prokaryotes and eukaryotes, and the members of the two groups were thought to differ in very basic ...
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