Identification of a gene cluster for the formation of extracellular polysaccharide precursors in the chemolithoautotroph Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2902-2909

  Barreto, Marlen ^a,b   Jedlicki, Eugenia ^b   Holmes, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD ANDRÉS BELLO   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; CELL CULTURE; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; GROWTH KINETICS; POLYSACCHARIDES;

BIOFILM FORMATION; EXTRACELLULAR POLYSACCHARIDE (EPS); GENE CLUSTERS; OPERON;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

FERROUS ION; GALACTOKINASE; GALACTOSE 1 PHOSPHATE URIDYLYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHOGLUCOMUTASE; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; SULFUR; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GALACTOSE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE 4 EPIMERASE;

MICROBIOLOGY; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENOME; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASMID; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBOHYDRATE EPIMERASES; GALACTOKINASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHOSPHOGLUCOMUTASE; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; UDPGLUCOSE 4-EPIMERASE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GALACTOSE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 20444405643     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.6.2902-2909.2005     Document Type: Article

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