Autotrophic growth on carbon disulfide is a property of novel strains of Paracoccus denitrificans

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 225-236

  Jordan, Sarah L ^a   McDonald, Ian R ^b   Kraczkiewicz Dowjat, Anna J ^c   Kelly, Donovan P ^b   Rainey, Frederick A ^d   Murrell, J Colin ^b   Wood, Ann P ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA phylogeny; Autotrophy; CS2 oxidation; CS2 oxygenase; Gas chromatography; Megaplasmids; Murein; Paracoccus denitrificans; Paracoccus versutus; Plasmids; SDS PAGE profiles

Indexed keywords

CARBON DISULFIDE; RIBOSOME RNA; THIOSULFATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPORATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; PHYLOGENY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE COMPOSITION; CARBON DISULFIDE; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGENASES; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SULFUR;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; PARACOCCUS VERSUTUS;

EID: 0030770526     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050492     Document Type: Article

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