The genome sequence of the metal-mobilizing, extremely thermoacidophilic archaeon Metallosphaera sedula provides insights into bioleaching-associated metabolism

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 682-692

  Auernik, Kathryne S ^a   Maezato, Yukari ^b   Blum, Paul H ^b   Kelly, Robert M ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLEACHING; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROORGANISMS; OXIDATION; PROTEINS; SULFUR;

AUTOTROPHIC CARBON FIXATION; BACTERIUM ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; FERROOXIDANS;

METABOLISM;

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; FERROUS SULFATE; HYDROLASE; IRON; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SULFUR; TETRATHIONIC ACID;

CATALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMICS; IRON; METABOLISM; OXIDATION; PROKARYOTE; SULFUR; THERMOPHILY;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOLEACHING; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; GENE SEQUENCE; IRON METABOLISM; METAL METABOLISM; METAL RECOVERY; METALLOSPHAERA SEDULA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OXIDATION; SULFOLOBUS; SULFOLOBUS ACIDOCALDARIUS; SULFOLOBUS METALLICUS; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ARCHAEAL; GENOME, ARCHAEAL; HEAT; IRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SULFATES; SULFOLOBACEAE;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS ATCC 23270; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METALLOSPHAERA SEDULA; SULFOLOBALES; SULFOLOBUS ACIDOCALDARIUS DSM 639; SULFOLOBUS METALLICUS; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS;

EID: 38949170756     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02019-07     Document Type: Article

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