Molecular analysis of the distribution and phylogeny of dissimilatory adenosine-5'-phosphosulfate reductase-encoding genes (aprBA) among sulfur-oxidizing

Microbiology

Volumn 153, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3478-3498

  Meyer, Birte ^a   Kuever, Jan ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Bremen Institute for Materials Testing   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE 5' PHOSPHOSULFATE; ADENYLYLSULFATE REDUCTASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; RNA 16S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHLOROBIACEAE; CHROMATIACEAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SULFUR OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; SYMBIONT; THIOBACILLUS; THIOTHRIX; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

CHLOROBI; CHROMATIACEAE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON SULFUR GROUP DONORS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; THIOBACILLUS; THIOTHRIX;

CHLOROBIACEAE; CHROMATIACEAE; INVERTEBRATA; LANGAT VIRUS; PROKARYOTA; THIOBACILLUS; THIOTHRIX;

EID: 35448969252     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2007/008250-0     Document Type: Article

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