Involvement of Cytochrome a in Iron Oxidation of a Moderately Thermophilic Iron-Oxidizing Bacterium, Strain TI-1

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1541-1547

  Takai, Masaki ^a   Kamimura, Kazuo ^a   Sugio, Tsuyoshi ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytochrome a; Iron oxidase; Iron oxidizing bacterium; Moderately thermophile

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME A; CYTOCHROME C; IRON; IRON OXIDASE, THIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; METAL; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HORSE; IN VITRO STUDY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOCHROME A GROUP; CYTOCHROME C GROUP; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HORSES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IRON; METALS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0033192245     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.63.1541     Document Type: Article

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