Survival in nuclear waste, extreme resistance, and potential applications gleaned from the genome sequence of Kineococcus radiotolerans SRS30216

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Bagwell, Christopher E ^a   Bhat, Swapna ^c   Hawkins, Gary M ^c   Smith, Bryan W ^a   Biswas, Tapan ^b   Hoover, Tomothy R ^c   Saunders, Elizabeth ^d   Han, Cliff S ^d   Tsodikov, Oleg V ^b   Shimkets, Lawrence J ^c  

^a SAVANNAH RIVER NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMIC ACID; OXALIC ACID; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ACTINOMYCETALES; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DETOXIFICATION; GAMMA RADIATION; GENE SEQUENCE; IONIZING RADIATION; KINEOCOCCUS RADIOTOLERANS; LIFE CYCLE; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR WASTE; PLASMID; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPLICON; RIVER; SAVANNA; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CHEMOTAXIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE;

DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS; KINEOCOCCUS RADIOTOLERANS;

ACTINOMYCETALES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHEMOTAXIS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RADIATION, IONIZING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 57549113866     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003878     Document Type: Article

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