The genome sequence of an anaerobic aromatic-degrading denitrifying bacterium, strain EbN1

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-36

  Rabus, Ralf ^a   Kube, Michael ^b   Heider, Johann ^c   Beck, Alfred ^b   Heitmann, Katja ^b   Widdel, Friedrich ^a   Reinhardt, Richard ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaerobic degradation; Aromatic compounds; Betaproteobacteria; Complete genome; Denitrifying bacterium

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUND; HYDROCARBON; PHENOL; PHENYLACETIC ACID; TRANSPOSASE;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; AZOARCUS; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC CODE; GENOME ANALYSIS; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PARALOGY; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMBIONT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; AZOARCUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NITROGEN FIXATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AZOARCUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 12444297480     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-004-0742-9     Document Type: Article

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