Whole-genome analysis of the ammonia-oxidizing bacterium, Nitrosomonas eutropha C91: Implications for niche adaptation

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2993-3007

  Stein, Lisa Y ^a   Arp, Daniel J ^b   Berube, Paul M ^c   Chain, Patrick S G ^d,e,f   Hauser, Loren ^g   Jetten, Mike S M ^h   Klotz, Martin G ⁱ   Larimer, Frank W ^g   Norton, Jeanette M ^j   Op Den Camp, Huub J M ^h   Shin, Maria ^d,e   Wei, Xueming ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e DOE JOINT GENOME INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

^g OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^h RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

ⁱ University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^j UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NITROGEN OXIDE; OXYGEN;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; ECOSYSTEM; EUTROPHICATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NITROSOMONAS; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMMONIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ECOSYSTEM; EUTROPHICATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NITROGEN OXIDES; NITROSOMONAS; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROSOMONADALES; NITROSOMONAS; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA ATCC 19718; NITROSOMONAS EUTROPHA;

EID: 35948986372     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2007.01409.x     Document Type: Article

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