Transcriptional and functional studies of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans genes related to survival in the presence of copper

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 6102-6109

  Navarro, Claudio A ^a   Orellana, Luis H ^a   Mauriaca, Cecilia ^a   Jerez, Carlos A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ATPASES; FERROOXIDANS; GENES CODING; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HIGH RESISTANCE; KEY ELEMENTS; METAL LEVELS; OPEN READING FRAME; PERIPLASMIC CHAPERONE; RESISTANCE-NODULATION-CELL DIVISIONS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASES; WILD-TYPE CELLS;

CELL MEMBRANES; CELL PROLIFERATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METAL RECOVERY;

GENES;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; COPPER;

BIOMINERALIZATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; GROWTH RATE; HOMEOSTASIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SURVIVORSHIP;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BIOINFORMATICS; CELL DIVISION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; COPA1 GENE; COPA2 GENE; COPB GENE; COPC GENE; CUSA GENE; CUSB GENE; CUSC GENE; CUSF GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOMEOSTASIS; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; UPREGULATION; WILD TYPE;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COPPER; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE ORDER; GENES, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 70349427115     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00308-09     Document Type: Article

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