Aerobic chemolithoautotrophic growth and RubisCO function in Rhodobacter capsulatus and a spontaneous gain of function mutant of Rhodobacter sphaeroides

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 8-17

  Paoli, George C ^a,b   Tabita, F Robert ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobic lithoautotrophic growth; Biological selection; Rhodobacter capsulatus; Rhodobacter sphaeroides; Ribulose 1,5 bisphosphate carboxylase oxygenase; RubisCO

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; NONHUMAN; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE CYCLE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN; MUTATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; RIBULOSE-BISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0031810742     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050609     Document Type: Article

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