Development of a genetic system for the chemolithoautotrophic bacterium Thiobacillus denitrificans

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3265-3271

  Letain, Tracy E ^a   Kane, Staci R ^a   Legler, Tina C ^a   Salazar, Edmund P ^a   Agron, Peter G ^b   Beller, Harry R ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of California Office of the President   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; CATALYSIS; DENITRIFICATION; GENE ENCODING; METABOLISM; OXIDATION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ELECTRON DONOR; GENOME SEQUENCE; NITRATE DEPENDENT OXIDATION;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIAL DNA; HYDROGENASE; IRON; MINERAL; NICKEL; NITRATE; PLASMID VECTOR; SULFUR DERIVATIVE; URANIUM;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIUM; CHEMOAUTOTROPHY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINATION;

AMPLICON; ANAEROBIC CAPACITY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CATALYSIS; CHEMOLITHOAUTOTROPH; DENITRIFICATION; ELECTROPORATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HYNL GENE; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THIOBACILLUS DENITRIFICANS; WILD TYPE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ELECTROPORATION; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENETIC VECTORS; GENETICS, MICROBIAL; HYDROGENASE; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; THIOBACILLUS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); THIOBACILLUS DENITRIFICANS;

EID: 34249654579     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02928-06     Document Type: Article

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