The lifestyle of Corynebacterium urealyticum derived from its complete genome sequence established by pyrosequencing

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 136, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 11-21

  Tauch, Andreas ^a   Trost, Eva ^a   Tilker, Alexandra ^a   Ludewig, Ulrike ^b   Schneiker, Susanne ^a   Goesmann, Alexander ^a   Arnold, Walter ^a   Bekel, Thomas ^a   Brinkrolf, Karina ^a   Brune, Iris ^a   Götker, Susanne ^a   Kalinowski, Jörn ^a   Kamp, Paul Bertram ^a   Lobo, Francisco Pereira ^a   Viehoever, Prisca ^a   Weisshaar, Bernd ^a   Soriano, Francisco ^c   Dröge, Marcus ^b   Pühler, Alfred ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS GMBH   (Germany)

^c Clínica Nuestra Señora de la Concepción   (Spain)

Author keywords

Oxidation; Antibiotic resistance; Corynebacterium urealyticum; Genome sequence; Urinary tract infection; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS; PROGRAMMING THEORY; SULFATE MINERALS;

AMINOGLYCOSIDES; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CAUSATIVE AGENTS; CODING SEQUENCES; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM UREALYTICUM; FATTY ACID SYNTHASE; GENOME SEQUENCE; GENOME SEQUENCING; HUMAN PATHOGENS; HUMAN SKIN; HUMAN URINE; MACROLIDES; METABOLIC ANALYSIS; MULTI-DRUG RESISTANCE; OXIDATION PATHWAY; PIVOTAL ROLE; PYROSEQUENCING; STRUVITE; TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

GENES;

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; FATTY ACID SYNTHASE; KETOLIDE; LINCOSAMIDE; LIPID; MACROLIDE; STRUVITE; TETRACYCLINE; UREASE;

ALKALINIZATION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; CORYNEBACTERIUM UREALYTICUM; CYSTITIS; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CODE; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROSEQUENCING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSPOSON; URINE PH; UROLITHIASIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CORYNEBACTERIUM; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM JEIKEIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM UREALYTICUM;

EID: 45249116205     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2008.02.009     Document Type: Article

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