Deletion of the rbo gene increases the oxygen sensitivity of the sulfate-reducing bacterium Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2882-2887

  Voordouw, Johanna K ^a   Voordouw, Gerrit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; DESULFOVIBRIO VULGARIS; GENE DELETION; GENE MAPPING; NONHUMAN; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOVIBRIO VULGARIS; DESULFOVIBRIO VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS STR. HILDENBOROUGH; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031927704     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.8.2882-2887.1998     Document Type: Article

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