Phylogenetically Diverse ureC Genes and Their Expression Suggest the Urea Utilization by Bacterial Symbionts in Marine Sponge Xestospongia testudinaria

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Su, Jing ^a   Jin, Liling ^a   Jiang, Qun ^a   Sun, Wei ^a   Zhang, Fengli ^a   Li, Zhiyong ^a  

^a Shanghai Jiao Tong University   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENOMIC DNA; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA; UREASE; UREASE ALPHA SUBUNIT;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA LIBRARY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MAGNETOCOCCUS; MARINOBACTER; MARINOBACTER LITORALIS; MARKER GENE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEOBACTERIA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SYMBIONT; TAXONOMY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; UREC GENE; XESTOSPONGIA; XESTOSPONGIA TESTUDINARIA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIODIVERSITY; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SYMBIOSIS; UREA; UREASE; XESTOSPONGIA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; MAGNETOCOCCUS; MARINOBACTER LITORALIS; OTUS; PROTEOBACTERIA; XESTOSPONGIA;

EID: 84878592363     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064848     Document Type: Article

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