Sulfide oxidation in the phototrophic sulfur bacterium Chromatium vinosum

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 59-68

  Reinartz, Michael ^a   Tschäpe, Jürgen ^a   Brüser, Thomas ^a   Trüper, Hans G ^a   Dahl, Christiane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chromatium vinosum; Flavocytochrome c Sulfide:quinone oxidoreductase; Interposon mutagenesis phoA fusion; Sulfide oxidation Phototrophic sulfur bacteria

Indexed keywords

SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CHROMATIUM VINOSUM; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHROMATIUM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOCHROME C GROUP; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUINONE REDUCTASES; THIOSULFATES;

ALLOCHROMATIUM VINOSUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHROMATIUM; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031864741     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050615     Document Type: Article

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