Vitamin B12 biosynthesis gene diversity in the Ross Sea: the identification of a new group of putative polar B12 biosynthesizers

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1285-1298

  Bertrand, Erin M ^a,b   Saito, Mak A ^a   Jeon, Young Jae ^b   Neilan, Brett A ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

AMINOTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COBALT; COBYRINIC ACID A,C DIAMIDE SYNTHASE; COBYRINIC ACID A,C-DIAMIDE SYNTHASE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; RNA 16S; SEA WATER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLASSIFICATION; DNA PROBE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COBALT; DNA PROBES; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE LIBRARY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METAGENOME; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOPLANKTON; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSAMINASES; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 78650527027     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02428.x     Document Type: Article

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