Expression and content of terminal oxidases in Azotobacter vinelandii grown with excess NH4+ are modulated by O2 supply

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 231-237

  D'Mello, Rita ^a,c   Purchase, Diane ^a,d   Poole, Robert K ^a,e   Hill, Susan ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Azotobacter vinelandii; cyd genes; Cytochrome bd; Cytochrome o like oxidase; O2 supply and oxidase content

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CYTOCHROME B; CYTOCHROME D; CYTOCHROME O; HEMOPROTEIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIUM CULTURE; GENE MUTATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0031016252     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-1-231     Document Type: Article

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