Urease-Encoding Genes in Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 2342-2348

  Koper, Teresa E ^a   El Sheikh, Amal F ^b   Norton, Jeanette M ^a   Klotz, Martin G ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; ENZYMES; FLUORESCENCE; OXIDATION;

CHEMOLITHOTROPIC GROWTH; LIGANDS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

AMMONIA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA; UREASE; UREC PROTEIN;

UREA;

ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; EVOLUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; LIGAND BINDING; NITROSOCOCCUS OCEANI; NITROSOSPIRA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; URE GENE; URE OPERON; UREABC GENE; UREASE GENE; UREASE OPERON; UREC GENE; URED GENE; UREEFG GENE;

AMMONIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATIACEAE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE DOSAGE; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROSOMONADACEAE; OPERON; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; UREASE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA; NITROSOCOCCUS; NITROSOCOCCUS OCEANI; NITROSOMONADALES; NITROSOSPIRA; NITROSOSPIRA SP.; PROTEOBACTERIA; UNCULTURED BETA PROTEOBACTERIUM; UNCULTURED GAMMA PROTEOBACTERIUM;

EID: 16544387359     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.4.2342-2348.2004     Document Type: Article

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