Characterization of two new genes, amoR and amoD, in the amo operon of the marine ammonia oxidizer Nitrosococcus oceani ATCC 19707

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 312-318

  El Sheikh, Amal F ^a   Poret Peterson, Amisha T ^a   Klotz, Martin G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOD PROTEINS; MARINE AMMONIA OXIDIZERS; NITROSOCOCCUS OCEANI;

GENES; MARINE BIOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PROTEINS;

BACTERIA;

AMMONIA; GENE PRODUCT; OXIDIZING AGENT; PROTEIN AMOD; PROTEIN AMOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMMONIA; BACTERIUM; GENE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; OXIDATION; PROTEIN;

AMOD GENE; AMOR GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CLUSTER; MARINE BACTERIUM; NITROSOCOCCUS OCEANI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; ORF1 GENE; ORF5 GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMATIACEAE; GENES, BACTERIAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPERON;

NITROSOCOCCUS OCEANI; NITROSOCOCCUS OCEANI ATCC 19707;

EID: 37849016357     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01654-07     Document Type: Article

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