Identification of components of electron transport chains in the extremely thermoacidophilic crenarchaeon Metallosphaera sedula through iron and sulfur compound oxidation transcriptomes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 7723-7732

  Auernik, Kathryne S ^a   Kelly, Robert M ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLEACHING; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ELECTRONS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IRON; IRON ANALYSIS; OXIDATION; POLYSULFIDES; PORT TERMINALS; PROTONS; SULFUR; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SULFUR DETERMINATION;

ARCHAEON; BIOOXIDATION; COMPREHENSIVE MODELS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT CHAINS; ELECTRON TRANSPORTS; FERROUS IRONS; GENOME SEQUENCES; HYDROLASE; HYPOTHETICAL PROTEINS; INTRACELLULAR PH; MOTIVE FORCES; OPEN READING FRAMES; OXIDIZATION; PROTON PUMPS; RESPIRATORY COMPLEXES; RESPIRATORY ELECTRONS; SULFOLOBUS TOKODAII; SULFUR OXIDATIONS; TERMINAL OXIDASES; TETRATHIONATE; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ANALYSES; TRANSCRIPTOMES;

IRON COMPOUNDS;

OXIDOREDUCTASE; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ELECTRON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; IRON; OXIDATION; PH; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN; RESPIRATION; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ANALYSIS; METALLOSPHAERA SEDULA; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OXIDATION; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; THERMOACIDOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT CHAIN COMPLEX PROTEINS; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, ARCHAEAL; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; SULFOLOBACEAE; SULFUR;

ARCHAEA; CRENARCHAEOTA; METALLOSPHAERA SEDULA; SULFOLOBALES; SULFOLOBUS TOKODAII;

EID: 57449106295     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01545-08     Document Type: Article

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