Genomics of the proteorhodopsin-containing marine flavobacterium Dokdonia sp. strain MED134

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 8676-8686

  González, José M ^a   Pinhassi, Jarone ^b   Fernández Gómez, Beatriz ^c   Coll Lladó, Montserrat ^c   González Velázquez, Mónica ^a   Puigbò, Pere ^d   Jaenicke, Sebastian ^e   Gómez Consarnau, Laura ^f   Fernàndez Guerra, Antoni ^g   Goesmann, Alexander ^e   Pedrós Alió, Carlos ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPLEROTIC ENZYMES; CARBON AND NITROGEN; FLAVOBACTERIUM; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MARINE BACTERIUM; PHOTOHETEROTROPHIC; PROMOTER SEQUENCES; PROTEORHODOPSIN; RECALCITRANT ORGANIC MATTER; SOURCES OF ENERGY;

AMINO ACIDS; ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BACTERIA; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

GENES;

CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PROTEORHODOPSIN; RHODOPSIN;

AMINO ACID; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; DARK; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENOME; GENOMICS; GROWTH RATE; LIFESTYLE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MEMBRANE; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOTOAUTOTROPHY; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; FLAVOBACTERIACEAE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHOTOTROPHY; PROMOTER REGION;

CARBON; FLAVOBACTERIACEAE; GENOME, BACTERIAL; LIGHT; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PHOTOTROPHIC PROCESSES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RHODOPSIN;

EID: 83155176272     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.06152-11     Document Type: Article

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