Identification of a perchlorate reduction genomic island with novel regulatory and metabolic genes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 7401-7404

  Melnyk, Ryan A ^a   Engelbrektson, Anna ^a   Clark, Iain C ^a   Carlson, Hans K ^a   Byrne Bailey, Kathy ^a   Coates, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; DISMUTASE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GENOMIC ISLANDS; METABOLIC GENES;

INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; METABOLISM;

GENES;

CHLORITE DISMUTASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PERCHLORATE; PERCHLORIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENOMICS; PERCHLORATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM; GENE ORDER; GENETICS; GENOMIC ISLAND; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA; GENE ORDER; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PERCHLORIC ACID; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 82955168969     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.05758-11     Document Type: Article

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