TY - JOUR
T1 - Modelling the metabolic versatility of a microbial trichome.
AU - van den Berg, H.A.
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - A microbial trichome extracts nutrients from its immediate surroundings. It may also oxidize electron donors, reduce electron acceptors, and exude the 'waste' products of endogenous redox metabolism. Finally, it may effect light harvesting. These exchange fluxes are summed up in a generic model, which covers photoautotrophs as well as chemoheterotrophs. The focus is on endogenous metabolism and the cellular homeostasis of both reducing and phosphorylating equivalents. A novel result is the formulation of four 'rules', akin to the Pasteur effect, which govern the compatibility of endogenous metabolism with various assimilatory processes.
AB - A microbial trichome extracts nutrients from its immediate surroundings. It may also oxidize electron donors, reduce electron acceptors, and exude the 'waste' products of endogenous redox metabolism. Finally, it may effect light harvesting. These exchange fluxes are summed up in a generic model, which covers photoautotrophs as well as chemoheterotrophs. The focus is on endogenous metabolism and the cellular homeostasis of both reducing and phosphorylating equivalents. A novel result is the formulation of four 'rules', akin to the Pasteur effect, which govern the compatibility of endogenous metabolism with various assimilatory processes.
U2 - 10.1006/bulm.1997.0026
DO - 10.1006/bulm.1997.0026
M3 - Article
SN - 0092-8240
VL - 60
SP - 131
EP - 150
JO - Bulletin of Mathematical Biology
JF - Bulletin of Mathematical Biology
ER -