A geographically widespread plasmid from Thiobacillus ferrooxidans has genes for ferredoxin-, FNR-, prismane- and NADH-oxidoreductase-like proteins which are also located on the chromosome

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 3123-3136

  Dominy, Clifford N ^a   Deane, Shelly M ^a   Rawlings, Douglas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ferredoxin; FNR protein; NADH oxidoreductase; Prismane; Thiobacillus ferrooxidans

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME PROTEIN; FERREDOXIN; METRONIDAZOLE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; THIOBACILLUS;

EID: 0030773764     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-10-3123     Document Type: Article

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