The genome of Desulfotalea psychrophila, a sulfate-reducing bacterium from permanently cold Arctic sediments

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 887-902

  Rabus, R ^a   Ruepp, A ^b,g   Frickey, T ^c   Rattei, T ^d   Fartmann, B ^e   Stark, M ^b,f   Bauer, M ^a   Zibat, A ^b   Lombardot, T ^a   Becker, I ^b   Amann, J ^a   Gellner, K ^b   Teeling, H ^a   Leuschner, W D ^b   Glockner F O ^a   Lupas, A N ^c   Amann, R ^a   Klenk, H P ^b,f  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Epidauros Biotechnologie AG   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e MWG Biotech AG   (Germany)

^f egene Biotechnologie GmbH   (Germany)

^g INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CHROMOSOME MAP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA SEQUENCE; FREEZING; GENE ORDER; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEDIMENT;

ARCTIC REGIONS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE COMPOSITION; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; FREEZING; GENE ORDER; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ARCHAEA; ARCHAEOGLOBUS; ARCHAEOGLOBUS FULGIDUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOTALEA PSYCHROPHILA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA; PSYCHROPHILA; UNCULTURED DELTA PROTEOBACTERIUM;

EID: 4344713183     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2004.00665.x     Document Type: Article

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