Ferrous iron oxidation by sulfur-oxidizing Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans and analysis of the process at the levels of transcription and protein synthesis

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 905-919

  Kucera, Jiri ^a   Bouchal, Pavel ^a   Lochman, Jan ^a   Potesil, David ^a   Janiczek, Oldrich ^a   Zdrahal, Zbynek ^a   Mandl, Martin ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans; Elemental sulfur oxidation; Ferrous iron oxidation; Proteomics; Pyrite oxidation; Reverse transcription quantitative PCR

Indexed keywords

FERROUS ION; SULFUR;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CELL LYSATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE SWITCHING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEOMICS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IRON; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTEOME; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SULFIDES; SULFUR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84876665125     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: 15729699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10482-012-9872-2     Document Type: Article

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