Plasmid-Dependent Methylotrophy in Thermotolerant Bacillus methanolicus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1229-1238

  Brautaset, Trygve ^a   Jakobsen, Øyvind M ^a,b   Flickinger, Michael C ^c   Valla, Svein ^a   Ellingsen, Trond E ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b SINTEF   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 PHOSPHOFRUCTOKINASE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL ENZYME; EPIMERASE; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATASE; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; METHANOL; METHANOL DEHYDROGENASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; RIBULOSE PHOSPHATE; RIBULOSEPHOSPHATE 3 EPIMERASE; TRANSKETOLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS METHANOLICUS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CARBON SOURCE; DNA ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; HEAT TOLERANCE; MDH GENE; METHYLOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPLICON; TEMPERATURE;

ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; HEAT; METHANOL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; OPERON; PENTOSES; PHOSPHATES; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACILLUS METHANOLICUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 1342283024     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.5.1229-1238.2004     Document Type: Article

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