Phylogenetic relationships and functional genes: Distribution of a gene (mnxG) encoding a putative manganese-oxidizing enzyme in Bacillus species

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 7265-7271

  Mayhew, Lisa E ^a   Swanner, Elizabeth D ^a   Martin, Andy P ^a   Templeton, Alexis S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; ENZYMES; GENES; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MINERALS; MOLYBDENUM; MOLYBDENUM MINES; OXIDE MINERALS;

16S RRNA; 16S RRNA SEQUENCES; BACILLUS SPECIES; FUNCTIONAL GENES; GENE LOSSES; OXIDIZING POTENTIALS; PHYLOGENETIC DISTRIBUTIONS; PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS;

GENE ENCODING;

RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; CLADISTICS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; OXIDATION; PHYLOGENY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY);

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY;

BACILLUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, RRNA; MANGANESE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

PAENIBACILLUS;

EID: 57149108905     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00540-08     Document Type: Article

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