Freshwater bacteria can methylate selenium through the thiopurine methyltransferase pathway

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 3784-3790

  Ranjard, Lionel ^a,b   Nazaret, Sylvie ^a   Cournoyer, Benoit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES;

FRESHWATER BACTERIA;

WATER BACTERIOLOGY;

(METHYL)SELENOCYSTEINE; BACTERIAL DNA; DIMETHYL DISELENIDE; DIMETHYL SELENIDE; SELENIUM; SODIUM SELENITE; THIOPURINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DNA LIBRARY; DNA PROBE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GENE ISOLATION; HUMAN; METHYLATION; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS ANGUILLISEPTICA; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; RAT; RIBOTYPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; METHYLATION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOMONAS; RATS; SELENIUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS ANGUILLISEPTICA; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0038493632     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.7.3784-3790.2003     Document Type: Article

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