Evidence for horizontal gene transfer of anaerobic carbon monoxide dehydrogenases

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue APR, 2012, Pages

  Techtmann, Stephen M ^a,b   Lebedinsky, Alexander V ^c   Colman, Albert S ^d   Sokolova, Tatyana G ^c   Woyke, Tanja ^e   Goodwin, Lynne ^e   Robb, Frank T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

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

^c WINOGRADSKY INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^e DOE JOINT GENOME INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon monoxide; Carbon monoxide dehydrogenase; Carboxydothermus hydrogenoformans; Carboxydotrophs; Hydrogenogens; Thermophiles; Thermosinus carboxydivorans

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871717175     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00132     Document Type: Article

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