Identification of a novel arsenite oxidase gene, arxA, in the haloalkaliphilic, arsenite-oxidizing bacterium Alkalilimnicola ehrlichii strain MLHE-1

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 3755-3762

  Zargar, Kamrun ^a   Hoeft, Shelley ^b   Oremland, Ronald ^b   Saltikov, Chad W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENATE RESPIRATORY REDUCTASE; ARSENIC DERIVATIVE; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; ARSENITE OXIDASE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE REDUCTASE; NITRATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKALILIMNICOLA EHRLICHII; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ARXA GENE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHEMOAUTOTROPH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION KINETICS; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION KINETICS;

ARSENITES; ECTOTHIORHODOSPIRACEAE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ALKALILIMNICOLA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 77954399547     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00244-10     Document Type: Article

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