Defining Components Linked to Bacterial Nutritional Utilization of Cyanide as a Sole Nitrogen Source
Description:
One of the challenges in biology is placing a function on the myriad of gene sequences having become available from rapid advances in genome sequencing. One such example is a gene cluster (Nit1C) found in bacteria that is tied to the unusual ability of certain bacteria to grow when supplied cyanide as the sole nitrogen source. The term cyanotrophs has been applied to such bacteria, for which a genetic linkage between cyanotrophy and Nit1C was demonstrated for 10 separate bacteria. In additio…
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Date:
May 2019
Creator:
Jones, Lauren Brittany