The haem pigment of the oral anaerobes Prevotella nigrescens and Prevotella intermedia is composed of iron(III) protoporphyrin IX in the monomeric form

Microbiology

Volumn 149, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1711-1718

  Smalley, John W ^a   Silver, Jack ^b   Birss, Andrew J ^a   Withnall, Robert ^b   Titler, Philip J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; CATALASE; HEMATIN; HEME; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; METHEMOGLOBIN; MONOMER; OXYGEN; OXYHEMOGLOBIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION KINETICS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INCUBATION TIME; MOSSBAUER SPECTROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PH; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PREVOTELLA; PREVOTELLA INTERMEDIA; PREVOTELLA NIGRESCENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PREVOTELLA; PREVOTELLA INTERMEDIA; PREVOTELLA NIGRESCENS;

EID: 0038825289     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26258-0     Document Type: Article

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