The rnf gene products in Rhodobacter capsulatus play an essential role in nitrogen fixation during anaerobic DMSO-dependent growth in the dark

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 169, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 464-467

  Saeki, Kazuhiko ^a   Kumagai, Hirotaka ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anaerobic respiration; Cyclic electron transport; Dimethylsulfoxide; FdxN gene; Nitrogen fixation; Rhodohacter capsulatus; Rnf gene

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL STRUCTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DARKNESS; MUTANT; NITROGEN FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0031948754     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050598     Document Type: Article

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