Evidence for the presence of a CmuA methyltransferase pathway in novel marine methyl halide-oxidizing bacteria

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 839-852

  Schäfer, Hendrik ^a   McDonald, Ian R ^a,c   Nightingale, Phil D ^b   Murrell, J Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BROMINATED HYDROCARBON; CMUA PROTEIN, METHYLOBACTERIUM CHLOROMETHANICUM; METHYL BROMIDE; METHYL CHLORIDE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PROTEOBACTERIA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; METHYL CHLORIDE; METHYLTRANSFERASES; PROTEOBACTERIA; SEAWATER;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEISINGERA METHYLOHALIDIVORANS; METHYLOBACTERIUM; METHYLOBACTERIUM CHLOROMETHANICUM; PROTEOBACTERIA; ROSEOBACTER; UNCULTURED MARINE BACTERIUM;

EID: 18944374389     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2005.00757.x     Document Type: Article

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