Phylogeny of dissimilatory sulfite reductases supports an early origin of sulfate respiration

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2975-2982

  Wagner, Michael ^a,c   Roger, Andrew J ^b   Flax, Jodi L ^a   Brusseau, Gregory A ^a   Stahl, David A ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SULFATE; SULFITE REDUCTASE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARCHAEOGLOBUS FULGIDUS; ARTICLE; DESULFOVIBRIO VULGARIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032463021     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.11.2975-2982.1998     Document Type: Article

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