Identification and characterization of a gene cluster involved in manganese oxidation by spores of the marine Bacillus sp. strain SG-1

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3517-3530

  Van Waasbergen, Lorraine G ^a,b   Hildebrand, Mark ^a   Tebo, Bradley M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; COPPER; MANGANESE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL SPORE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BACILLUS SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0029888257     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.12.3517-3530.1996     Document Type: Article

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