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- Title
Metabolic reconstruction of sulfur assimilation in the extremophile Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans based on genome analysis.
- Authors
Valdés, Jorge; Veloso, Felipe; Jedlicki, Eugenia; Holmes, David
- Abstract
Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans is a gamma-proteobacterium that lives at pH2 and obtains energy by the oxidation of sulfur and iron. It is used in the biomining industry for the recovery of metals and is one of the causative agents of acid mine drainage. Effective tools for the study of its genetics and physiology are not in widespread use and, despite considerable effort, an understanding of its unusual physiology remains at a rudimentary level. Nearly complete genome sequences of A. ferrooxidans are available from two public sources and we have exploited this information to reconstruct aspects of its sulfur metabolism.
- Publication
BMC genomics, 2003, Vol 4, Issue 1, p51
- ISSN
1471-2164
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1186/1471-2164-4-51