The genome sequence of the obligately chemolithoautotrophic, facultatively anaerobic bacterium Thiobacillus denitrificans

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1473-1488

  Beller, Harry R ^a   Chain, Patrick S G ^a,c   Letain, Tracy E ^a   Chakicherla, Anu ^a   Larimer, Frank W ^b,c   Richardson, Paul M ^c   Coleman, Matthew A ^a   Wood, Ann P ^d   Kelly, Donovan P ^e  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c DOE JOINT GENOME INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; CARBON; CYTOCHROME C; FERROUS ION; GROUND WATER; HEAVY METAL; HYDROGENASE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SULFATE; SULFITE; SULFUR DERIVATIVE; URANIUM;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CATALYSIS; DENITRIFICATION; DSR GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; ION TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOX GENE; THIOBACILLUS DENITRIFICANS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYTOCHROMES C; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HYDROGENASE; ION TRANSPORT; METALS, HEAVY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; THIOBACILLUS; URANIUM;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; THIOBACILLUS DENITRIFICANS;

EID: 32444438519     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.188.4.1473-1488.2006     Document Type: Article

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