Complete genome sequence of the filamentous anoxygenic phototrophic bacterium Chloroflexus aurantiacus

BMC Genomics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Tang, Kuo Hsiang ^a   Barry, Kerrie ^b   Chertkov, Olga ^c   Dalin, Eileen ^b   Han, Cliff S ^c   Hauser, Loren J ^d   Honchak, Barbara M ^a   Karbach, Lauren E ^a,f   Land, Miriam L ^d   Lapidus, Alla ^b   Larimer, Frank W ^d   Mikhailova, Natalia ^b   Pitluck, Samuel ^b   Pierson, Beverly K ^e   Blankenship, Robert E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DOE JOINT GENOME INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND   (United States)

^f BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE COMPLEX III; AURACYANIN; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; COBALAMIN; GLYOXYLIC ACID; HEME; HYDRACRYLIC ACID; NITROGEN; NUCLEIC ACID; OXYGEN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE QUINONE OXIDOREDUCTASE; RNA 16S; SULFATE; SULFUR; TETRAPYRROLE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ENZYME; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE (UBIQUINONE);

ADAPTATION; AEROBIC METABOLISM; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBON FIXATION; CARBON METABOLISM; CHLOROFLEXUS; CHLOROFLEXUS AGGREGANS; CHLOROFLEXUS AURANTIACUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENOME ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; ROSEIFLEXUS; ROSEIFLEXUS CASTENHOLZII; SPECIES COMPARISON; SULFUR CYCLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROBI; CHLOROFLEXI; CHLOROFLEXI (CLASS); CHLOROFLEXUS AURANTIACUS; PHOTOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; ROSEIFLEXUS CASTENHOLZII;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBON; CHLOROFLEXUS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX I; ENZYMES; GENOME, BACTERIAL; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; NITROGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SULFUR;

EID: 79959661932     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-12-334     Document Type: Article

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