Isolation, sequence analysis, and comparison of two plasmids (28 and 29 kilobases) from the biomining bacterium Leptospirillum ferrooxidans ATCC 49879

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 7515-7522

  Coram, Nicolette J ^a   Van Zyl, Leonardo J ^a   Rawlings, Douglas E ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; GENES; MICROBIOLOGY; PROTEINS;

HOMOLOGY; PLASMIDS;

BACTERIA;

BIOFILM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GENBANK; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRILLUM FERROOXIDANS; MINING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; IRON; MINING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRILLUM; LEPTOSPIRILLUM FERROOXIDANS;

EID: 32044440515     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.11.7515-7522.2005     Document Type: Article

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