Whole genome sequencing reveals a novel CRISPR system in industrial Clostridium acetobutylicum

Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1677-1685

  Peng, Lixin ^a,b   Pei, Jianxin ^a   Pang, Hao ^a   Guo, Yuan ^a   Lin, Lihua ^a   Huang, Ribo ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER FOR NON FOOD BIOREFINERY   (China)

^b GUANGXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Clostridium acetobutylicum; CRISPR Cas; Whole genome sequencing

Indexed keywords

SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI; CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEAT; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; EURYARCHAEOTA; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRAIT; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PREDICTION; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RNA STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SYNTROPHOMONAS WOLFEI; CRISPR CAS SYSTEM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIGENE FAMILY;

CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEATS; CRISPR-CAS SYSTEMS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84910022269     PISSN: 13675435     EISSN: 14765535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10295-014-1507-3     Document Type: Article

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