Optimization of the 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine selection and its application for the isolation of nitrate respiration-deficient mutants of Haloferax volcanii

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 41-48

  Soppa, Jörg ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

5 Bromo 2' deoxyuridine; Haloarchaea; Halobacterium spec. GRA; Haloferax volcanii; Loss of function mutants; Negative selection

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; NITRATE;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; FERMENTATION; GROWTH RATE; HALOFERAX; MUTAGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION;

HALOBACTERIUM; HALOFERAX VOLCANII;

EID: 0031693991     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(98)00067-0     Document Type: Article

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