Mutational analysis of the multicopy hao gene coding for hydroxylamine oxidoreductase in nitrosomonas sp. Strain ENI-11

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1754-1757

  Yamagata, Akira ^a   Hirota, Ryuichi ^a   Kato, Junichi ^a   Kuroda, Akio ^a   Ikeda, Tsukasa ^a   Takiguchi, Noboru ^a   Ohtake, Hisao ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ammonia oxidizing bacterium; Gene disruption; Hydroxylamine oxidoreductase; Multicopy gene; Nitrosomonas

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROSOMONAS; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; NITROSOMONAS SP.;

BACTERIAL DNA; HYDROXYLAMINE OXIDASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NITROSOMONAS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; NITROSOMONAS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0034251632     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.64.1754     Document Type: Article

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