Reduction of U(VI) by the deep subsurface bacterium, Thermus scotoductus SA-01, and the involvement of the ABC transporter protein

Chemosphere

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 572-577

  Cason, Errol Duncan ^a   Piater, Lizelle Ann ^a,b   Heerden, Esta van ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

ABC transporter protein; Metal resistance; Thermophile; Thermus scotoductus SA 01; Uranium(VI) reduction

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; PEPTIDES;

ABC TRANSPORTER PROTEINS; METAL RESISTANCES; THERMOPHILE; THERMUS SCOTODUCTUS SA-01; URANIUM REDUCTION;

URANIUM COMPOUNDS;

ABC TRANSPORTER; PROTEIN; REDUCTASE LIKE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URANIUM;

BACTERIUM; BIOACCUMULATION; CELL ORGANELLE; GROWTH RATE; MEMBRANE; MUTAGENICITY; OXIC CONDITIONS; PROTEIN; SUBSURFACE FLOW; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; URANIUM;

AEROBIC CAPACITY; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REDUCTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; THERMUS; THERMUS SCOTODUCTUS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); THERMUS SCOTODUCTUS;

EID: 84856028860     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.10.006     Document Type: Article

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