title: An aerobic exercise: defining the roles of Pseudomonas aeruginosa terminal oxidases.
abstract: The opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa encodes a large and diverse complement of aerobic terminal oxidases, which is thought to contribute to its ability to thrive in settings with low oxygen availability. In this issue, Arai et al. (J. Bacteriol. 196:4206-4215, 2014, doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JB.02176-14) present a thorough characterization of these five complexes, enabling a more detailed understanding of aerobic respiration in this organism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Jeanyoung
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jo
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Alexa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Price-Whelan
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA LDietrich@columbia.edu.
authors.forename: Lars E P
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2049-1137
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Dietrich
mesh_terms: D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000201:enzymology*
chemical_list: D010088:Oxidoreductases