A novel pink-pigmented facultative methylotroph, Methylobacterium thiocyanatum sp. nov., capable of growth on thiocyanate or cyanate as sole nitrogen sources

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 148-158

  Wood, Ann P ^a   Kelly, Donovan P ^b   McDonald, Ian R ^b   Jordan, Sarah L ^a   Morgan, Thomas D ^a   Khan, Sajdah ^a   Murell, J Colin ^b   Borodina, Elena ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

16S rRNA sequence; Cyanase; Methylobacterium thiocyanatum; Pink pigmented facultative methylotroph; SDS PAGE; Thiocyanate metabolism

Indexed keywords

CYANIC ACID; THIOCYANATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL FREE SYSTEM; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENETIC CODE; GROWTH RATE; HYDROLYSIS; METHYLOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CYANATES; GRAM-NEGATIVE AEROBIC RODS AND COCCI; THIOCYANATES;

EID: 0031934387     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050554     Document Type: Article

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