The complete genome sequence for putative H2- and S-oxidizer Candidatus Sulfuricurvum sp., assembled de novo from an aquifer-derived metagenome

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 3443-3462

  Handley, Kim M ^a,b   Bartels, Daniela ^a,b   O'Loughlin, Edward J ^b   Williams, Kenneth H ^c   Trimble, William L ^b   Skinner, Kelly ^b,d   Gilbert, Jack A ^a,b   Desai, Narayan ^b   Glass, Elizabeth M ^a,b   Paczian, Tobias ^a,b   Wilke, Andreas ^a,b   Antonopoulos, Dionysios ^b   Kemner, Kenneth M ^b   Meyer, Folker ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Research Microbiologist   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SULFURICURVUM;

CARBON; GROUND WATER; HYDROGEN; SULFUR;

BACTERIAL GENOME; CHEMISTRY; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METAGENOME; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PLASMID; SEDIMENT;

BASE SEQUENCE; CARBON; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEN; METAGENOME; METAGENOMICS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PLASMIDS; SULFUR;

EID: 84912005034     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12453     Document Type: Article

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