Complete nucleotide sequence of pHG1: A Ralstonia eutropha H16 megaplasmid encoding key enzymes of H2-based lithoautotrophy and anaerobiosis

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 332, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 369-383

  Schwartz, Edward ^a   Henne, Anke ^b   Cramm, Rainer ^a   Eitinger, Thomas ^a   Friedrich, Bärbel ^a   Gottschalk, Gerhard ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Degradation of aromatics; Denitrification; Group II intron; H2 oxidation; Ralstonia eutropha strain H16

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUND; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CYTOCHROME C; HYDROGENASE; INTEGRASE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; TRANSPOSASE;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; ENTEROBACTER; GENE TRANSFER; INTRON; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; RALSTONIA; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

EID: 0043009827     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(03)00894-5     Document Type: Article

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