Sulfur oxidation in mutants of the photosynthetic green sulfur bacterium Chlorobium tepidum devoid of cytochrome c-554 and SoxB

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 57-65

  Azai, Chihiro ^a   Tsukatani, Yusuke ^b   Harada, Jiro ^c   Oh Oka, Hirozo ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyt c 554; Electron transfer; Green sulfur bacteria; SoxB; Sulfur oxidation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME C; CYTOCHROME C-552; CYTOCHROME C552; SULFIDE; SULFUR; THIOSULFATE;

ARTICLE; CHLOROBI; CHLOROBIUM; CULTURE MEDIUM; ELECTRON; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHLOROBI; CHLOROBIUM; CULTURE MEDIA; CYTOCHROME C GROUP; ELECTRONS; MUTATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SULFIDES; SULFUR; THIOSULFATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROBACULUM TEPIDUM; CHLOROBI; CHLOROBIUM;

EID: 67650397890     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11120-009-9426-2     Document Type: Article

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