Enhancement of Metallosphaera sedula Bioleaching by Targeted Recombination and Adaptive Laboratory Evolution

Advances in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 104, Issue , 2018, Pages 135-165

  McCarthy, Samuel ^a   Ai, Chenbing ^a   Blum, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive laboratory evolution; Archaea; Bioleaching; Genetics; Metallosphaera sedula

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; BIOLEACHING; CANCER RESISTANCE; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN CELL; METALLOSPHAERA SEDULA; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; STRESS; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; ADAPTATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; SULFOLOBALES;

COPPER;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COPPER; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; SELECTION, GENETIC; SULFOLOBACEAE;

EID: 85046679910     PISSN: 00652164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/bs.aambs.2018.03.002     Document Type: Chapter

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