Genome sequence of the pattern forming Paenibacillus vortex bacterium reveals potential for thriving in complex environments

BMC Genomics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Sirota Madi, Alexandra ^a,b   Olender, Tsviya ^b   Helman, Yael ^a,c   Ingham, Colin ^d   Brainis, Ina ^a   Roth, Dalit ^a   Hagi, Efrat ^c   Brodsky, Leonid ^a,e   Leshkowitz, Dena ^b   Galatenko, Vladimir ^f   Nikolaev, Vladimir ^f   Mugasimangalam, Raja C ^g   Bransburg Zabary, Sharron ^a   Gutnick, David L ^a   Lancet, Doron ^b   Ben Jacob, Eshel ^a,h  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^f MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^g Genotypic Technology (P) Ltd   (India)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNTRANSLATED RNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MULTIENZYME COMPLEX;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM COLONY; CELL MOTILITY; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRAIT; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PAENIBACILLUS; PAENIBACILLUS VORTEX; RNA GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BASE PAIRING; CYTOLOGY; DNA MICROARRAY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENT; FLAGELLUM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCIBILITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PAENIBACILLUS; PAENIBACILLUS LARVAE; PAENIBACILLUS SP. JDR-2; POSIBACTERIA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE PAIRING; BASE SEQUENCE; CHEMOTAXIS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENVIRONMENT; FLAGELLA; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PAENIBACILLUS; PHYLOGENY; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 78650133443     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-11-710     Document Type: Article

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