Heterologous expression of pyrroloquinoline quinone (pqq) gene cluster confers mineral phosphate solubilization ability to Herbaspirillum seropedicae Z67

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 98, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 5117-5129

  Wagh, Jitendra ^a   Shah, Sonal ^a   Bhandari, Praveena ^a   Archana, G ^a   Kumar, G Naresh ^a  

^a M S UNIVERSITY OF BARODA   (India)

Author keywords

Gluconic acid; Glucose dehydrogenase (GDH); Herbaspirillum seropedicae Z67; Phosphate solubilization; Pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ) biosynthesis genes

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; GLUCOSE; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SOLUBILITY;

BIOSYNTHESIS GENES; GLUCONIC ACIDS; GLUCOSE DEHYDROGENASE; HERBASPIRILLUM SEROPEDICAE Z67; PHOSPHATE SOLUBILIZATION;

GENE EXPRESSION;

EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GLUCONIC ACID; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE DEHYDROGENASE; INDOLEACETIC ACID; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATE; PYRROLOQUINOLINEQUINONE; MINERAL; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; PHOSPHATE; SOLUBILIZATION;

ACID SECRETION; ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOFILM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GLUCOSE UTILIZATION; HERBASPIRILLUM; HERBASPIRILLUM SEROPEDICAE; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PYRROLOQUINOLINEQUINONE E GENE; PYRROLOQUINOLINEQUINONE GENE; SOLUBILIZATION; WILD TYPE; ENZYMOLOGY; ERWINIA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY;

ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; HERBASPIRILLUM SEROPEDICAE; NEGIBACTERIA; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; ERWINIA; GENE EXPRESSION; HERBASPIRILLUM; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MINERALS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHOSPHATES; PQQ COFACTOR; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 84901666884     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-014-5610-1     Document Type: Article

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