An oxygen reduction chain in the hyperthermophilic anaerobe Thermotoga maritima highlights horizontal gene transfer between Thermococcales and Thermotogales

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2132-2145

  Le Fourn, Céline ^a   Brasseur, Gaël ^a   Brochier Armanet, Céline ^b   Pieulle, Laetitia ^a   Brioukhanov, Andrei ^c   Ollivier, Bernard ^b   Dolla, Alain ^a  

^a CNRS and Aix Marseille University   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; THERMOCOCCALES; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; OXYGEN; PHYLOGENY; THERMOCOCCALES; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA; THERMOCOCCALES; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA; THERMOTOGALES;

EID: 80051932787     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02439.x     Document Type: Article

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