A novel membrane-bound flavocytochrome c sulfide dehydrogenase from the colourless sulfur bacterium Thiobacillus sp. W5

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 167, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 295-301

  Visser, Jan M ^a   De Jong, Govardus A H ^a   Robertson, Lesley A ^a   Kuenen, J Gijs ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chlorobium limicola; Chromatium vinosum; Flavocytochrome c; Sulfide oxidation; Sulfur formation; Thiobacilli; Thiobacillus sp. W5

Indexed keywords

OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIOBACILLUS;

EID: 0031003025     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050447     Document Type: Article

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