Transposon mutagenesis affecting thiosulfate oxidation in Bosea thiooxidans, a new chemolithoheterotrophic bacterium

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3628-3633

  Das, Subrata K ^a   Mishra, Ajit K ^a,b  

^a BOSE INSTITUTE   (India)

^b B 9/7 E Calcutta Township Project   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C; NEOMYCIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SULFUR; THIOSULFATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BOSEA THIOOXIDANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SULFUR BACTERIUM; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOSEA THIOOXIDANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029895245     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.12.3628-3633.1996     Document Type: Article

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