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Safronova LA, Zelena LB, Klochko VV, Reva ON. Does the applicability of Bacillus strains in probiotics rely upon their taxonomy? Can J Microbiol 2012; 58:212-9. [PMID: 22257263 DOI: 10.1139/w11-113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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The taxonomic position and biological activities of two Bacillus strains used in veterinary probiotics were studied in this work. These microorganisms inhibit growth of a broad spectrum of pathogenic cultures. They synthesize proteolytic enzymes and other biologically active metabolites, and to some extent, supplement each other with probiotic activities. It is not clear whether these versatile activities are properties of individual strains or bacterial taxa as whole. 16S rRNA comparisons were conducted and illustrated the relatedness of these strains to Bacillus amyloliquefaciens . Their cell wall fatty acid contents were consequently analysed and specified a relation to the " Bacillus velezensis " ecomorph. On account of the previous observations, a simple method of 16S rRNA profiling by polymorphic nucleotides was proposed to determine a group of organisms closely related to "B. velezensis" and B. amyloliquefaciens subsp. plantarum, for they are biologically active strains suitable for use in biotechnology. The extreme genetic plasticity of these bacteria endowed each strain with a unique spectrum of antagonistic activity.
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- L A Safronova
- D.K. Zabolotnyi Institute of Microbiology and Virology of the National Academy of Science of Ukraine, 154 Zabolotnogo Str., Kiev, Ukraine
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Glaser P, Kunst F, Arnaud M, Coudart MP, Gonzales W, Hullo MF, Ionescu M, Lubochinsicy B, Marcelino L, Moszer I, Presecan E, Santana M, Schneider E, Schwelzer J, Vertes A, Rapoport G, Danchin A. Bacillus subtilis genome project: cloning and sequencing of the 97 kb region from 325° to 333deg. Mol Microbiol 2006; 10:371-384. [PMID: 28776854 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1993.tb01963.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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In the framework of the European project aimed at the sequencing of the Bacillus subtilis genome the DNA region located between gerB (314°) and sacXV (333°) was assigned to the Institut Pasteur. In this paper we describe the cloning and sequencing of a segment of 97 kb of contiguous DNA. Ninety-two open reading frames were predicted to encode putative proteins among which only forty-two were found to display significant similarities to known proteins present in databanks, e.g. amino acid permeases, proteins involved in cell wall or antibiotic biosynthesis, various regulatory proteins, proteins of several dehydrogenase families and enzymes II of the phosphotransferase system involved in sugar transport. Additional experiments led to the identification of the products of new B. subtilis genes, e.g. galactokinase and an operon involved in thiamine biosynthesis.
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- P Glaser
- Unité de Régulation de l'Expression GénétiqueUnité de Biochimie Microbienne, Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France.GDR 1029, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 28 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France.Laboratoire de Biochimie Cellulaire et de Biologie Moléculaire, 40 avenue du Recteur Pineau, 86022 Poitiers Cedex, France
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- Unité de Régulation de l'Expression GénétiqueUnité de Biochimie Microbienne, Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France.GDR 1029, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 28 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France.Laboratoire de Biochimie Cellulaire et de Biologie Moléculaire, 40 avenue du Recteur Pineau, 86022 Poitiers Cedex, France
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- Unité de Régulation de l'Expression GénétiqueUnité de Biochimie Microbienne, Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France.GDR 1029, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 28 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France.Laboratoire de Biochimie Cellulaire et de Biologie Moléculaire, 40 avenue du Recteur Pineau, 86022 Poitiers Cedex, France
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- Unité de Régulation de l'Expression GénétiqueUnité de Biochimie Microbienne, Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France.GDR 1029, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 28 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France.Laboratoire de Biochimie Cellulaire et de Biologie Moléculaire, 40 avenue du Recteur Pineau, 86022 Poitiers Cedex, France
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- Unité de Régulation de l'Expression GénétiqueUnité de Biochimie Microbienne, Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France.GDR 1029, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 28 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France.Laboratoire de Biochimie Cellulaire et de Biologie Moléculaire, 40 avenue du Recteur Pineau, 86022 Poitiers Cedex, France
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- Unité de Régulation de l'Expression GénétiqueUnité de Biochimie Microbienne, Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France.GDR 1029, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 28 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France.Laboratoire de Biochimie Cellulaire et de Biologie Moléculaire, 40 avenue du Recteur Pineau, 86022 Poitiers Cedex, France
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- Unité de Régulation de l'Expression GénétiqueUnité de Biochimie Microbienne, Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France.GDR 1029, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 28 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France.Laboratoire de Biochimie Cellulaire et de Biologie Moléculaire, 40 avenue du Recteur Pineau, 86022 Poitiers Cedex, France
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- Unité de Régulation de l'Expression GénétiqueUnité de Biochimie Microbienne, Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France.GDR 1029, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 28 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France.Laboratoire de Biochimie Cellulaire et de Biologie Moléculaire, 40 avenue du Recteur Pineau, 86022 Poitiers Cedex, France
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- Unité de Régulation de l'Expression GénétiqueUnité de Biochimie Microbienne, Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France.GDR 1029, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 28 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France.Laboratoire de Biochimie Cellulaire et de Biologie Moléculaire, 40 avenue du Recteur Pineau, 86022 Poitiers Cedex, France
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- Unité de Régulation de l'Expression GénétiqueUnité de Biochimie Microbienne, Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France.GDR 1029, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 28 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France.Laboratoire de Biochimie Cellulaire et de Biologie Moléculaire, 40 avenue du Recteur Pineau, 86022 Poitiers Cedex, France
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- Unité de Régulation de l'Expression GénétiqueUnité de Biochimie Microbienne, Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France.GDR 1029, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 28 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France.Laboratoire de Biochimie Cellulaire et de Biologie Moléculaire, 40 avenue du Recteur Pineau, 86022 Poitiers Cedex, France
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- Unité de Régulation de l'Expression GénétiqueUnité de Biochimie Microbienne, Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France.GDR 1029, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 28 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France.Laboratoire de Biochimie Cellulaire et de Biologie Moléculaire, 40 avenue du Recteur Pineau, 86022 Poitiers Cedex, France
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- Unité de Régulation de l'Expression GénétiqueUnité de Biochimie Microbienne, Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France.GDR 1029, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 28 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France.Laboratoire de Biochimie Cellulaire et de Biologie Moléculaire, 40 avenue du Recteur Pineau, 86022 Poitiers Cedex, France
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- Unité de Régulation de l'Expression GénétiqueUnité de Biochimie Microbienne, Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France.GDR 1029, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 28 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France.Laboratoire de Biochimie Cellulaire et de Biologie Moléculaire, 40 avenue du Recteur Pineau, 86022 Poitiers Cedex, France
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- Unité de Régulation de l'Expression GénétiqueUnité de Biochimie Microbienne, Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France.GDR 1029, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 28 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France.Laboratoire de Biochimie Cellulaire et de Biologie Moléculaire, 40 avenue du Recteur Pineau, 86022 Poitiers Cedex, France
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- Unité de Régulation de l'Expression GénétiqueUnité de Biochimie Microbienne, Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France.GDR 1029, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 28 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France.Laboratoire de Biochimie Cellulaire et de Biologie Moléculaire, 40 avenue du Recteur Pineau, 86022 Poitiers Cedex, France
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- Unité de Régulation de l'Expression GénétiqueUnité de Biochimie Microbienne, Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France.GDR 1029, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 28 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France.Laboratoire de Biochimie Cellulaire et de Biologie Moléculaire, 40 avenue du Recteur Pineau, 86022 Poitiers Cedex, France
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Moszer I. The complete genome of Bacillus subtilis: from sequence annotation to data management and analysis. FEBS Lett 1998; 430:28-36. [PMID: 9678589 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(98)00620-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The completion of the entire 4.2-Mb genome sequence of the gram-positive bacterium Bacillus subtilis has been a milestone for biological studies on this model organism. This paper describes bioinformatics work related to this joint European and Japanese project: methods and strategies for gene annotation and detection of sequencing errors, using an integrated cooperative computer environment (Imagene); construction of a specialized database for data management and a WWW server for data retrieval (SubtiList); DNA sequence analysis, yielding striking results on oligonucleotide bias, repeated sequences, and codon usage, all landmarks of evolutionary events shaping the B. subtilis genome.
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- I Moszer
- Unité de Régulation de l'Expression Génétique, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
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Perrière G, Gouy M, Gojobori T. The non-redundant Bacillus subtilis (NRSub) database: update 1998. Nucleic Acids Res 1998; 26:60-2. [PMID: 9399801 PMCID: PMC147236 DOI: 10.1093/nar/26.1.60] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The non-redundant Bacillus subtilis database (NRSub) has been developed in the context of the sequencing project devoted to this bacterium. As this project has reached completion, the whole genome is now available as a single contig. Thanks to the ACNUC database management system and its associated retrieval system Query_win, each functional region of the genome can be accessed individually. Extra annotations have been added such as accession numbers for the genes, locations on the genetic map, codon adaptation index values, as well as cross-references with other collections. NRSub is distributed through anonymous FTP as a text file in EMBL format and as an ACNUC database. It is also possible to access NRSub through two dedicated World Wide Web servers located in France (http://acnuc. univ-lyon1.fr/nrsub/nrsub.html ) and in Japan (http://ddbjs4h.genes. nig.ac.jp/ ).
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- G Perrière
- Laboratoire de Biométrie, Génétique et Biologie des Populations, Université Claude Bernard, Lyon 1, 43 boulevard du 11 Novembre 1918, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France.
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Presecan E, Moszer I, Boursier L, Ramos HC, de la Fuente V, Hullo MF, Lelong C, Schleich S, Sekowska A, Song BH, Villani G, Kunst F, Danchin A, Glaser P. The Bacillus subtilis genome from gerBC (311 degrees) to licR (334 degrees). MICROBIOLOGY (READING, ENGLAND) 1997; 143 ( Pt 10):3313-3328. [PMID: 9353933 DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-10-3313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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As part of the international project to sequence the Bacillus subtilis genome, the DNA region located between gerBC (311 degrees) and licR (334 degrees) was assigned to the institut Pasteur. In this paper, the cloning and sequencing of 176 kb of DNA and the analysis of the sequence of the entire 271 kb region (6.5% of the B. subtilis chromosome) is described; 273 putative coding sequences were identified. Although the complete genome sequences of seven other organisms (five bacteria, one archaeon and the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae) are available in public database, 65 genes from this region of the B. subtilis chromosome encode proteins without significant similarities to other known protein sequences. Among the 208 other genes, 115 have paralogues in the currently known B. subtilis DNA sequences and the products of 178 genes were found to display similarities to protein sequences from public databases for which a function is known. Classification of these genes shows a high proportion of them to be involved in the adaptation to various growth conditions (non-essential cell wall constituents, catabolic and bioenergetic pathways); a small number of the genes are essential or encode anabolic enzymes.
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- E Presecan
- Unité de Régulation de I'Expression GénéeTique Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France
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- Unité de Régulation de I'Expression GénéeTique Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France
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- Unité de Régulation de I'Expression GénéeTique Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France
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- Unité de Régulation de I'Expression GénéeTique Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France
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- Unité de Biochimie Microbienne Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France
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- Unité de Biochimie Microbienne Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France
- Unité de Régulation de I'Expression GénéeTique Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France
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- Unité de Régulation de I'Expression GénéeTique Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France
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- Unité de Régulation de I'Expression GénéeTique Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France
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- Unité de Régulation de I'Expression GénéeTique Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France
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- Unité de Régulation de I'Expression GénéeTique Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France
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- Unité de Régulation de I'Expression GénéeTique Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France
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- Unité de Biochimie Microbienne Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France
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- Unité de Régulation de I'Expression GénéeTique Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France
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- Unité de Régulation de I'Expression GénéeTique Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France
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Antelmann H, Bernhardt J, Schmid R, Mach H, Völker U, Hecker M. First steps from a two-dimensional protein index towards a response-regulation map for Bacillus subtilis. Electrophoresis 1997; 18:1451-63. [PMID: 9298659 DOI: 10.1002/elps.1150180820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Data on the identification of proteins of Bacillus subtilis on two-dimensional (2-D) gels as well as their regulation are summarized and the identification of 56 protein spots is included. The pattern of proteins synthesized in Bacillus subtilis during exponential growth, during starvation for glucose or phosphate, or after the imposition of stresses like heat shock, salt- and ethanol stress as well as oxidative stress was analyzed. N-terminal sequencing of protein spots allowed the identification of 93 proteins on 2-D gels, which are required for the synthesis of amino acids and nucleotides, the generation of ATP, for glycolyses, the pentose phosphate cycle, the citric acid cycle as well as for adaptation to a variety of stress conditions. A computer-aided analysis of the 2-D gels was used to monitor the synthesis profile of more than 130 protein spots. Proteins performing housekeeping functions during exponential growth displayed a reduced synthesis rate during stress and starvation, whereas spots induced during stress and starvation were classified as specific stress proteins induced by a single stimulus or a group of related stimuli, or as general stress proteins induced by a variety of entirely different stimuli. The analysis of mutants in global regulators was initiated in order to establish a response regulation map for B. subtilis. These investigations demonstrated that the alternative sigma factor sigma B is involved in the regulation of almost all of the general stress proteins and that the phoPR two-component system is required for the induction of a large part but not all of the proteins induced by phosphate starvation.
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- H Antelmann
- Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald, Institut für Mikrobiologie und Molekularbiologie, Germany
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Schmid R, Bernhardt J, Antelmann H, Völker A, Mach H, Völker U, Hecker M. Identification of vegetative proteins for a two-dimensional protein index of Bacillus subtilis. MICROBIOLOGY (READING, ENGLAND) 1997; 143 ( Pt 3):991-998. [PMID: 9084183 DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-3-991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Twenty-three of the most prominent spots which are visible on two-dimensional (2-D) protein gels of Bacillus subtilis crude extracts were selected as marker spots for the construction of a 2-D protein index. N-terminal sequencing of the corresponding proteins resulted in the identification of enzymes involved in glycolysis, TCA cycle, pentose phosphate cycle, amino acid metabolism, nucleotide biosynthesis and translation. Using computer analysis of the 2-D protein gels, most of these metabolic enzymes were found to be synthesized at a reduced rate after different stresses and glucose starvation. Such an approach permits a rapid and global evaluation of the regulation of different branches of metabolism in response to various physiological conditions.
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- Roland Schmid
- Universität Osnabrük, Abteilung für Mikrobiologie, 49076 Osnabrück, Germany
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- Institut für Mikrobiologie und Molekularbiologie, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald, 17487 Greifswald, Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-StraBe 15, Germany
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- Institut für Mikrobiologie und Molekularbiologie, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald, 17487 Greifswald, Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-StraBe 15, Germany
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- Institut für Mikrobiologie und Molekularbiologie, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald, 17487 Greifswald, Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-StraBe 15, Germany
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- Institut für Mikrobiologie und Molekularbiologie, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald, 17487 Greifswald, Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-StraBe 15, Germany
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- Institut für Mikrobiologie und Molekularbiologie, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald, 17487 Greifswald, Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-StraBe 15, Germany
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- Institut für Mikrobiologie und Molekularbiologie, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald, 17487 Greifswald, Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-StraBe 15, Germany
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Popham DL, Helin J, Costello CE, Setlow P. Analysis of the peptidoglycan structure of Bacillus subtilis endospores. J Bacteriol 1996; 178:6451-8. [PMID: 8932300 PMCID: PMC178530 DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.22.6451-6458.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Peptidoglycan was prepared from purified Bacillus subtilis spores of wild-type and several mutant strains. Digestion with muramidase resulted in cleavage of the glycosidic bonds adjacent to muramic acid replaced by peptide or alanine side chains but not the bonds adjacent to muramic lactam. Reduction of the resulting muropeptides allowed their separation by reversed-phase high-pressure liquid chromatography. The structures of 20 muropeptides were determined by amino acid and amino sugar analysis and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry. In wild-type spores, 50% of the muramic acid had been converted to the lactam and 75% of these lactam residues were spaced regularly at every second muramic acid position in the glycan chains. Single L-alanine side chains were found on 25% of the muramic acid residues. The remaining 25% of the muramic acid had tetrapeptide or tripeptide side chains, and 11% of the diaminopimelic acid in these side chains was involved in peptide cross-links. Analysis of spore peptidoglycan produced by a number of mutants lacking proteins involved in cell wall metabolism revealed structural changes. The most significant changes were in the spores of a dacB mutant which lacks the sporulation-specific penicillin-binding protein 5*. In these spores, only 46% of the muramic acid was in the lactam form, 12% had L-alanine side chains, and 42% had peptide side chains containing diaminopimelic acid, 29% of which was involved in cross-links.
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- D L Popham
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington 06030-3305, USA
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Popham DL, Setlow P. Phenotypes of Bacillus subtilis mutants lacking multiple class A high-molecular-weight penicillin-binding proteins. J Bacteriol 1996; 178:2079-85. [PMID: 8606187 PMCID: PMC177908 DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.7.2079-2085.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Examination of Bacillus subtilis strains containing multiple mutations affecting the class A high-molecular-weight penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) 1, 2c, and 4 revealed a significant degree of redundancy in the functions of these three proteins. In rich media, loss of PBPs 2c and 4 resulted in no obvious phenotype. The slight growth and cell morphology defects associated with loss of PBP 1 were exacerbated by the additional loss of PBP 4 but not PBP 2c. Loss of all three of these PBPs slowed growth even further. In minimal medium, loss of PBPs 2c and 4 resulted in a slight growth defect. The decrease in growth rate caused by loss of PBP 1 was accentuated slightly by loss of PBP 2c and greatly by loss of PBP 4. Again, a lack of all three of these PBPs resulted in the slowest growth. Loss of PBP 1 resulted in a 22% reduction in the cell radius. Cultures of a strain lacking PBP 1 also contained some cells that were significantly longer than those produced by the wild type, and some of the rod-shaped cells appeared slightly bent. The additional loss of PBP 4 increased the number of longer cells in the culture. Slow growth caused by a mutation in prfA, a gene found in an operon with the gene encoding PBP 1, was unaffected by the additional loss of PBPs 2c and 4, whereas loss of both prfA and PBP 1 resulted in extremely slow growth and the production of highly bent cells.
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- D L Popham
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut 06030-3305, USA
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Perrière G, Moszer I, Gojobori T. NRSub: a non-redundant database for Bacillus subtilis. Nucleic Acids Res 1996; 24:41-5. [PMID: 8594597 PMCID: PMC145565 DOI: 10.1093/nar/24.1.41] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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In the context of the international project aimed at sequencing the whole genome of Bacillus subtilis we have developed a non-redundant, fully annotated database of sequences from this organism. Starting from the B.subtilis sequences available in the EMBL, GenBank and DDBJ collections we have removed all encountered duplications and then added extra annotations to the sequences (e.g. accession numbers for the genes, locations on the genetic map, codon usage, etc.) We have also added cross-references to the EMBL, MEDLINE, SWISS-PROT and ENZYME data banks. The present system results from merging of the NRSub and SubtiList databases and the sequence contigs used in the two systems are identical. NRSub is distributed as a flatfile in EMBL format (which is supported by most sequence analysis software packages) and as an ACNUC database, while SubtiList is distributed as a relational database under 4th Dimension. It is possible to access the data through two dedicated World Wide Web servers located in France and Japan.
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- G Perrière
- Laboratoire de Biometrie, Universite Claude Bernard-Lyon, Villeurbanne, France
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Browne MJ, Gloger IS, Hodgson JE, Robinson JH. The importance of genome analysis to the drug discovery process. MOLECULAR MEDICINE TODAY 1995; 1:373-7. [PMID: 9415183 DOI: 10.1016/s1357-4310(95)93853-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- M J Browne
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Biotech (Europe), SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals, Great Burgh, Epsom, UK
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The members of the bacterial genus Bacillus are important organisms for both research and industrial purposes, and a major international effort is under way to sequence the complete genome of Bacillus subtilis, the type species for this genus. In this article the organization of the project is summarized; the strategies employed for cloning, sequencing and data handling; the progress to date, and the likely benefits which will accrue to basic research and to the biotechnology industry upon completion of the sequence.
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- K M Devine
- Department of Genetics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
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Kunisawa T. Identification and chromosomal distribution of DNA sequence segments conserved since divergence of Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis. J Mol Evol 1995; 40:585-93. [PMID: 7643408 DOI: 10.1007/bf00160505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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DNA sequence segments conserved since divergence of Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis were identified, using the GenBank sequence database. Chromosomal locations of the conserved segments were compared between the two bacteria, and the following three features were observed. (1) Although the two genomes are nearly identical in size, chromosomal arrangements of the conserved segments are considerably different from each other. (2) In many cases, chromosomal locations of a conserved segment in the two species have deviated from each other by a multiple of 60 degrees. (3) There are many instances in which a contiguous segment in one genome is split into two or more segments located at distinct positions in the other genome, and these split segments were found to tend to lie on the E. coli or B. subtilis genome separated by distances of multiples of 60 degrees. On the basis of these observations, genome organizations of the two bacteria were discussed in terms of genome doublings as well as random chromosomal rearrangements.
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- T Kunisawa
- Department of Applied Biological Sciences, Science University of Tokyo, Noda, Japan
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Glaser P, Danchin A, Kunst F, Zuber P, Nakano MM. Identification and isolation of a gene required for nitrate assimilation and anaerobic growth of Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol 1995; 177:1112-5. [PMID: 7860592 PMCID: PMC176711 DOI: 10.1128/jb.177.4.1112-1115.1995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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The Bacillus subtilis narA locus was shown to include narQ and narA. The putative product of narQ is similar to FdhD, which is required for formate dehydrogenase activity in Escherichia coli. NarA showed homology to MoaA, a protein involved in biosynthesis of the molybdenum cofactor for nitrate reductase and formate dehydrogenase. Analysis of mutants showed that narA but not narQ is required for both nitrate assimilation and respiration.
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- P Glaser
- Unité de Régulation de l'Expression Génétique, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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Perrière G, Gouy M, Gojobori T. NRSub: a non-redundant data base for the Bacillus subtilis genome. Nucleic Acids Res 1994; 22:5525-9. [PMID: 7838704 PMCID: PMC310112 DOI: 10.1093/nar/22.25.5525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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We have organized the DNA sequences of Bacillus subtillis from the EMBL collection to build the NRSub data base. This data base is free from duplications and all detected overlapping sequences are merged into contigs. Data on gene mapping and codon usage are also included. NRSub is publically available through anonymous FTP in flat file format or structured on the form of an ACNUC data base. Under this format, it is possible to use NRSub with the retrieval program Query--win. This program integrates a graphical interface and may be installed on any kind of UNX computer under X Window and on which the Vibrant and Motif libraries are available.
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- G Perrière
- Laboratorie de Biométrie, Génétique et Biologie des Populations, URA CNRS no. 243, Unviersité Calude Bernard, Lyon, France
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Santana M, Ionescu MS, Vertes A, Longin R, Kunst F, Danchin A, Glaser P. Bacillus subtilis F0F1 ATPase: DNA sequence of the atp operon and characterization of atp mutants. J Bacteriol 1994; 176:6802-11. [PMID: 7961438 PMCID: PMC197047 DOI: 10.1128/jb.176.22.6802-6811.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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We cloned and sequenced an operon of nine genes coding for the subunits of the Bacillus subtilis F0F1 ATP synthase. The arrangement of these genes in the operon is identical to that of the atp operon from Escherichia coli and from three other Bacillus species. The deduced amino acid sequences of the nine subunits are very similar to their counterparts from other organisms. We constructed two B. subtilis strains from which different parts of the atp operon were deleted. These B. subtilis atp mutants were unable to grow with succinate as the sole carbon and energy source. ATP was synthesized in these strains only by substrate-level phosphorylation. The two mutants had a decreased growth yield (43 and 56% of the wild-type level) and a decreased growth rate (61 and 66% of the wild-type level), correlating with a twofold decrease of the intracellular ATP/ADP ratio. In the absence of oxidative phosphorylation, B. subtilis increased ATP synthesis through substrate-level phosphorylation, as shown by the twofold increase of by-product formation (mainly acetate). The increased turnover of glycolysis in the mutant strain presumably led to increased synthesis of NADH, which would account for the observed stimulation of the respiration rate associated with an increase in the expression of genes coding for respiratory enzymes. It therefore appears that B. subtilis and E. coli respond in similar ways to the absence of oxidative phosphorylation.
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- M Santana
- Unité de Régulation de l'Expression Génétique, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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Dujon B, Alexandraki D, André B, Ansorge W, Baladron V, Ballesta JP, Banrevi A, Bolle PA, Bolotin-Fukuhara M, Bossier P, Bou G, Boyer J, Bultrago MJ, Cheret G, Colleaux L, Dalgnan-Fornler B, del Rey F, Dlon C, Domdey H, Düsterhoft A, Düsterhus S, Entlan KD, Erfle H, Esteban PF, Feldmann H, Fernandes L, Robo GM, Fritz C, Fukuhara H, Gabel C, Gaillon L, Carcia-Cantalejo JM, Garcia-Ramirez JJ, Gent NE, Ghazvini M, Goffeau A, Gonzaléz A, Grothues D, Guerreiro P, Hegemann J, Hewitt N, Hilger F, Hollenberg CP, Horaitis O, Indge KJ, Jacquier A, James CM, Jauniaux C, Jimenez A, Keuchel H, Kirchrath L, Kleine K, Kötter P, Legrain P, Liebl S, Louis EJ, Maia e Silva A, Marck C, Monnier AL, Möstl D, Müller S, Obermaier B, Oliver SG, Pallier C, Pascolo S, Pfeiffer F, Philippsen P, Planta RJ, Pohl FM, Pohl TM, Pöhlmann R, Portetelle D, Purnelle B, Puzos V, Ramezani Rad M, Rasmussen SW, Remacha M, Revuelta JL, Richard GF, Rieger M, Rodrigues-Pousada C, Rose M, Rupp T, Santos MA, Schwager C, Sensen C, Skala J, Soares H, Sor F, Stegemann J, Tettelin H, Thierry A, Tzermia M, Urrestarazu LA, van Dyck L, Van Vliet-Reedijk JC, Valens M, Vandenbo M, Vilela C, Vissers S, von Wettstein D, Voss H, Wiemann S, Xu G, Zimmermann J, Haasemann M, Becker I, Mewes HW. Complete DNA sequence of yeast chromosome XI. Nature 1994; 369:371-8. [PMID: 8196765 DOI: 10.1038/369371a0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 308] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The complete DNA sequence of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae chromosome XI has been determined. In addition to a compact arrangement of potential protein coding sequences, the 666,448-base-pair sequence has revealed general chromosome patterns; in particular, alternating regional variations in average base composition correlate with variations in local gene density along the chromosome. Significant discrepancies with the previously published genetic map demonstrate the need for using independent physical mapping criteria.
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- B Dujon
- Unité de Génétique Moléculaire des Levures (URA 1149 du CNRS and UFR927 University P.M. Curie), Départment de Biologie Moléculaire, Insitut Pasteur, Paris, France
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During the last decade, great advances have been made in the study of bacterial genomes which is perhaps better described by the term bacterial genomics. The application of powerful techniques, such as pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of macro-restriction fragments of genomic DNA, has freed the characterisation of the chromosomes of many bacteria from the constraints imposed by classical genetic analysis. It is now possible to analyse the genome of virtually every microorganism by direct molecular methods and to construct detailed physical and gene maps. In this review, the various practical approaches are compared and contrasted, and some of the emerging themes of bacterial genomics, such as the size, shape, number and organisation of chromosomes are discussed.
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- S T Cole
- Unité de Génétique Moléculaire Bactérienne, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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Azevedo V, Sorokin A, Ehrlich SD, Serror P. The transcriptional organization of the Bacillus subtilis 168 chromosome region between the spoVAF and serA genetic loci. Mol Microbiol 1993; 10:397-405. [PMID: 7934830 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1993.tb02671.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The genetic organization of the spoVAF-serA area of the Bacillus subtilis chromosome and its putative transcription map have been derived from analysis of the nucleotide sequence. In order to confirm this transcription map as regards size of transcripts and to determine growth conditions for their appearance, we undertook Northern hybridization analysis of total RNA from vegetatively growing and sporulating cells. Twenty-three distinct transcripts were thus identified, 14 of which were predicted from sequence analysis and nine of which were not predicted. Eight of the latter are homologous to open reading frames identified by sequence analysis but were not expected, since no obvious promoter or terminator was found in the sequence. The last unexpected transcript does not correspond to an ORF and might identify a novel gene. Three predicted transcripts were not detected. The transcripts were classified in four groups as (i) constitutive, (ii) regulated by nutritional depletion, (iii) specific for sporulation, and (iv) possibly regulated temporally. These studies demonstrate that systematic Northern analysis of a bacterial chromosome region is a useful complement to sequence analysis.
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- V Azevedo
- Laboratoire de Génétique Microbienne, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Jouy en Josas, France
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Sorokin A, Zumstein E, Azevedo V, Ehrlich SD, Serror P. The organization of the Bacillus subtilis 168 chromosome region between the spoVA and serA genetic loci, based on sequence data. Mol Microbiol 1993; 10:385-95. [PMID: 7934829 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1993.tb02670.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Three different lambda phage clones with overlapping inserts of Bacillus subtilis DNA, which cover the region from spoIIAA to serA, have been isolated. The nucleotide sequence of their inserts, starting after spoVAF and ending at serA, has been determined. A contiguous sequence of 35,354 bp was established, including previously analysed overlapping adjacent regions. Within the newly determined sequence 31 open reading frames (ORFs) with putative ribosome-binding sites have been found. Nine of them correspond to previously sequenced and characterized genes: spo-VAF, lysA, sipS, ribG, ribB, ribA, ribH, ribTD and dacB. Comparison of the amino acid sequences of the products encoded by the other ORFs to known proteins allowed putative functions to be assigned to seven of these ORFs. Among these are the following: (i) the ppiB gene, encoding a cytoplasmic peptidylprolyl isomerase; (ii) two pairs of signal-transducers, one homologous to phoR-phoP of B. subtilis, encoding regulators of phosphatase biosynthesis, and the second to the fecI-fecR of Escherichia coli, which is responsible for the regulation of the citrate-dependent iron (III) transport system; (iii) aroC and serA genes, involved in the biosynthesis of aromatic amino acids and serine, respectively, the function of which has been confirmed by constructing corresponding mutants with disrupted ORFs. The organization of putative operons has been postulated on the basis of the sequences of their transcription terminators, promoters and regulatory elements.
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- A Sorokin
- Laboratoire de Génétique Microbienne, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Jouy en Josas, France
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Santana M, Kunst F, Hullo M, Rapoport G, Danchin A, Glaser P. Molecular cloning, sequencing, and physiological characterization of the qox operon from Bacillus subtilis encoding the aa3-600 quinol oxidase. J Biol Chem 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)50007-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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