Energy-mediated vs. ammonium-regulated gene expression in the obligate ammonia-oxidizing bacterium, Nitrosococcus oceani

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue SEP, 2013, Pages

  Stein, Lisa Y ^a   Campbell, Mark A ^b   Klotz, Martin G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia oxidizing bacteria; Ammonium; Global gene expression; Hydroxylamine; Microarray; Nitrosococcus; Redox; Signaling

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYLAMINE;

AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROSOCOCCUS; NITROSOCOCCUS OCEANI; NITROSOMONADALES;

EID: 84885398575     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00277     Document Type: Article

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