Genome sequences of the biotechnologically important Bacillus megaterium Strains QM B1551 and DSM319

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 4199-4213

  Eppinger, Mark ^a   Bunk, Boyke ^b   Johns, Mitrick A ^c   Edirisinghe, Janaka N ^c   Kutumbaka, Kirthi K ^c   Koenig, Sara S K ^a   Creasy, Heather Huot ^a   Rosovitz, M J ^d,i   Riley, David R ^a   Daugherty, Sean ^a   Martin, Madeleine ^e   Elbourne, Liam D H ^f   Paulsen, Ian ^f   Biedendieck, Rebekka ^e   Braun, Christopher ^c   Grayburn, Scott ^c   Dhingra, Sourabh ^c   Lukyanchuk, Vitaliy ^c   Ball, Barbara ^c   Ul Qamar, Riaz ^e   Seibe, Jürgen ^g   Bremer, Erhard ^h   Jahn, Dieter ^e   Ravel, Jacques ^a   Vary, Patricia S ^c   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE DSMZ GERMAN COLLECTION OF MICROORGANISMS AND CELL CULTURES   (Germany)

^c NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^f MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^h PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

ⁱ National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; COBAMAMIDE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FTSZ PROTEIN; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL SIZE; CHROMOSOME; GENE POOL; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACILLI (CLASS); BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79961132070     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00449-11     Document Type: Article

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