The S4-intermediate pathway for the oxidation of thiosulfate by the chemolithoautotroph Tetrathiobacter kashmirensis and inhibition of tetrathionate oxidation by sulfite

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 330-338

  Dam, Bomba ^b   Mandal, Sukhendu ^b   Ghosh, Wriddhiman ^b   Das Gupta, Sujoy K ^b   Roy, Pradosh ^a  

^a BOSE INSTITUTE   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Chemolithotrophy; Molybdopterin cofactor; Sulfite; Tetrathiobacter kashmirensis; Tetrathionate intermediate pathway

Indexed keywords

MOLYBDIC ACID; MOLYBDOPTERIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SULFITE; SULFITE DEHYDROGENASE; TETRATHIONIC ACID; THIOSULFATE; THIOSULFATE DEHYDROGENASE; TUNGSTEN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHEMOLITHOAUTOTROPH; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE INSERTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TETRATHIOBACTER KASHMIRENSIS; TRANSPOSON;

BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CHEMOAUTOTROPHIC GROWTH; COENZYMES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; METALLOPROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PTERIDINES; SULFITE DEHYDROGENASE; SULFITES; TETRATHIONIC ACID; THIOSULFATES;

TETRATHIOBACTER KASHMIRENSIS;

EID: 34249729451     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2006.12.013     Document Type: Article

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