Cloning and characterization of the genes for biosynthesis of the compatible solute ectoine in the moderately halophilic bacterium Halobacillus dabanensis D-8T

Current Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 183-188

  Zhao, B ^a   Lu, W ^a   Yang, L ^a   Zhang, B ^a   Wang, L ^a   Yang, S S ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL EXTRACT; ECTOINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHROMOHALOBACTER SALEXIGENS; ECTA GENE; ECTB GENE; ECTC GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; HALOBACILLUS DABANENSIS; HALOMONAS ELONGATA; HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; INVERSE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MARINOCOCCUS HALOPHILUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIBACILLUS PASTEURII; SOLUTE; VIRGIBACILLUS PANTETHENTICUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS, DIAMINO; BACILLACEAE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHROMOHALOBACTER SALEXIGENS; HALOBACILLUS DABANENSIS; HALOMONAS ELONGATA; MARINOCOCCUS HALOPHILUS; POSIBACTERIA; VIRGIBACILLUS;

EID: 33747593292     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-005-0396-0     Document Type: Article

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