Adaptive responses to oxygen stress in obligatory anaerobes Clostridium acetobutylicum and Clostridium aminovalericum

Authors :: Kawasaki, Shinji
Watamura, Yusuke
Ono, Masaki
Watanabe, Toshihiro
Takeda, Kouji
Niimura, Youichi
Source :: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. Dec, 2005, Vol. 71 Issue 12, p8442, 9 p.
Publication Year :: 2005
Abstract: The expression of genes required for oxygen metabolic systems is investigated using two species, Clostridium aminovalericum and C. acetobutylicum. The expression studies of the C. aminovalericum noxA (H2O-forming NADH oxidase) gene have revealed that the enzyme is involved in oxygen metabolism and in C. acetobutylicum many genes were identified as oxygen stress responsive for the first time in the genus Clostridium.

Subjects :: Clostridium -- Genetic aspects
Clostridium -- Physiological aspects
Microbial metabolism -- Research
Anaerobic bacteria -- Genetic aspects
Anaerobic bacteria -- Physiological aspects
Adaptation (Physiology) -- Research
Biological sciences

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