Comparative genomic analyses of the cyanobacterium, Lyngbya aestuarii BL J, a powerful hydrogen producer

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue DEC, 2013, Pages

  Kothari, Ankita ^a   Vaughn, Michael ^b   Garcia Pichel, Ferran ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bidirectional hydrogenase; Biohydrogen; Cyanobacteria; HoxH; Hydrogen; Lyngbya aestuarii; Microbial mats

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; BETAINE; CURACIN A; CYANOPHYCIN; ENOYL ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN REDUCTASE (NADPH); GLYCOGEN; HYDROGEN; HYDROGENASE; PHOSPHORIBULOKINASE; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE; TREHALOSE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DESICCATION; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA LIBRARY; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; LYNGBYA AESTUARII; MICROBIAL MAT; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNECHOCYSTIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84892150662     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00363     Document Type: Article

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