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- Title
Energy well spent on a prokaryotic genome.
- Authors
McNeil, Brian; Harvey, Linda
- Abstract
The article informs that the genome sequence of the bacterium Gluconobacter oxydans suggests new ways of harnessing this organism's unusual metabolism for biotechnology. Bacteria of the genus Gluconobacter exhibit so-called oxidative fermentation, or incomplete oxidation, a highly unusual metabolic feature that has been exploited industrially for decades in the production of vitamin C, gluconic acid, etc. The complete genome sequence of Gluconobacter oxydans 621H is reported and with it offer biologists a window into understanding how this unusual microorganism functions and the role of incomplete oxidation in its physiology.
- Subjects
GENOMES; METABOLISM; FERMENTATION; BACTERIA; PROKARYOTES; OXIDATION; GENOMICS; BIOTECHNOLOGY
- Publication
Nature Biotechnology, 2005, Vol 23, Issue 2, p186
- ISSN
1087-0156
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/nbt0205-186