Ferrous iron oxidation and rusticyanin in halotolerant, acidophilic 'Thiobacillus prosperus'

Microbiology

Volumn 155, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1302-1309

  Nicolle, James Le C ^a,b   Simmons, Susan ^a,c   Bathe, Stephan ^a,d   Norris, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b GREEN BIOLOGICS LTD   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOCHROME C; FERROUS ION; RUSTICYANIN; SULFUR; AZURIN; BACTERIAL DNA; IRON; RNA 16S; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ACIDOPHILE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GENE CLUSTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALT TOLERANCE; SPECIES COMPARISON; SUBTRACTIVE HYBRIDIZATION; THIOBACILLUS; THIOBACILLUS PROSPERUS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYDROGENOPHILACEAE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; THIOBACILLUS PROSPERUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AZURIN; DNA, BACTERIAL; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROGENOPHILACEAE; IRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFUR;

EID: 65649141219     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.023192-0     Document Type: Article

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