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SUBMITTER: Heinzelmann SM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4424904 | biostudies-other | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Heinzelmann Sandra M SM Villanueva Laura L Sinke-Schoen Danielle D Sinninghe Damsté Jaap S JS Schouten Stefan S van der Meer Marcel T J MT
Frontiers in microbiology 20150508
Microorganisms are involved in all elemental cycles and therefore it is important to study their metabolism in the natural environment. A recent technique to investigate this is the hydrogen isotopic composition of microbial fatty acids, i.e., heterotrophic microorganisms produce fatty acids enriched in deuterium (D) while photoautotrophic and chemoautotrophic microorganisms produce fatty acids depleted in D compared to the water in the culture medium (growth water). However, the impact of facto ...[more]