Characterization of a spontaneous nonmagnetic mutant of Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense reveals a large deletion comprising a putative magnetosome island

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 5779-5790

  Schübbe, Sabrina ^a   Kube, Michael ^b   Scheffel, André ^a   Wawer, Cathrin ^a   Heyen, Udo ^a   Meyerdierks, Anke ^a   Madkour, Mohamed H ^c   Mayer, Frank ^c   Reinhardt, Richard ^b   Schüler, Dirk ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; IRON;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC CODE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MAGNETISM; MAGNETOSOME; MAGNETOSPIRILLUM GRYPHISWALDENSE; MAMAB GENE; MAMDC GENE; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; IRON; MAGNETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; RHODOSPIRILLACEAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSERTION SEQUENCES; MAGNETOSPIRILLUM; MAGNETOSPIRILLUM GRYPHISWALDENSE; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 17344383176     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.19.5779-5790.2003     Document Type: Article

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