The marine cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. WH7805 requires urease (urea amidohydrolase, EC 3.5.1.5) to utilize urea as a nitrogen source: Molecular-genetic and biochemical analysis of the enzyme

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 447-459

  Collier, Jackie L ^a,b   Brahamsha, Bianca ^a   Palenik, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b Research Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Cyanobacterium; Nitrate; Nitrogen assimilation; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; UREASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UREA CYCLE;

SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 0033032174     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-145-2-447     Document Type: Article

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