Identification of membrane-bound c-type cytochromes in an acidophilic ferrous ion oxidizing bacterium Thiobacillus ferrooxidans

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 51-56

  Elbehti, Amina ^a   Lemesle Meunier, Danielle ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Acidophilic bacteria; Membrane bound cytochrome c; Thiobacillus ferrooxidans

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); THIOBACILLUS;

EID: 0030047626     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(95)00484-X     Document Type: Article

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