Anaerobic respiration of elemental sulfur and thiosulfate by Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 requires psrA, a homolog of the phsA gene of Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium LT2

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 5209-5217

  Burns, Justin L ^a   DiChristina, Thomas J ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC RESPIRATION; DELETION MUTANTS; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; ELEMENTAL SULFUR; END-PRODUCTS; GENE CLUSTERS; MARKERLESS; MOLECULAR MECHANISM; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; SHEWANELLA ONEIDENSIS MR-1; SHEWANELLA STRAIN; SUICIDE VECTORS; SULFUR CYCLES; TERMINAL ELECTRON ACCEPTORS; TETRATHIONATE;

AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; SULFUR; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SULFUR DETERMINATION;

GENE ENCODING;

GENE PRODUCT; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SULFUR; THIOSULFATE;

AMINO ACID; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; ELECTRON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; RESPIRATION; SULFUR; THIOSULFATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CLONING VECTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; EVOLUTIONARY HOMOLOGY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM LT2; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROTYPE; SHEWANELLA ONEIDENSIS; SUICIDE GENE;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SHEWANELLA; SULFUR; SULFURTRANSFERASES; THIOSULFATES;

SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; SHEWANELLA; SHEWANELLA ONEIDENSIS; SHEWANELLA ONEIDENSIS MR-1;

EID: 68549130741     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00888-09     Document Type: Article

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