Putative transposases conserved in Exiguobacterium isolates from ancient Siberian permafrost and from contemporary surface habitats

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 6954-6962

  Vishnivetskaya, Tatiana A ^a   Kathariou, Sophia ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD PROCESSING; GENES; MICROORGANISMS;

EXIGUOBACTERIUM ISOLATES; GENOMIC DIVERSITY; SURFACE HABITATS;

BACTERIA;

SURFACE WATER; TRANSPOSASE;

BACTERIUM;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; EXIGUOBACTERIUM; FOOD PROCESSING; FREEZING; GENE INSERTION; GENE PROBE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MICROBIAL MAT; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SURVIVAL;

BACILLACEAE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ECOSYSTEM; GENOTYPE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; ICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIBERIA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TRANSPOSASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EXIGUOBACTERIUM; EXIGUOBACTERIUM SP.; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 32044434406     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.11.6954-6962.2005     Document Type: Article

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