title: Microbiology. Life on the thermodynamic edge.
authors.affiliation: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. delong@mit.edu
authors.forename: Edward F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: DeLong
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000693:Anaerobiosis; D001421:Bacteria, Anaerobic / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D020564:Deltaproteobacteria / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism*; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D019605:Euryarchaeota / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D005227:Fatty Acids; D005285:Fermentation; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D006859:Hydrogen / Q000378:metabolism; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D013431:Sulfates / Q000378:metabolism; D013559:Symbiosis; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D013431:Sulfates; D006859:Hydrogen; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate