| Literature DB >> 21571879 |
Audrey Heinrich-Salmeron1, Audrey Cordi, Céline Brochier-Armanet, David Halter, Christophe Pagnout, Elham Abbaszadeh-fard, Didier Montaut, Fabienne Seby, Philippe N Bertin, Pascale Bauda, Florence Arsène-Ploetze.
Abstract
In this study, new strains were isolated from an environment with elevated arsenic levels, Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines (France), and the diversity of aoxB genes encoding the arsenite oxidase large subunit was investigated. The distribution of bacterial aoxB genes is wider than what was previously thought. AoxB subfamilies characterized by specific signatures were identified. An exhaustive analysis of AoxB sequences from this study and from public databases shows that horizontal gene transfer has likely played a role in the spreading of aoxB in prokaryotic communities.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21571879 PMCID: PMC3127681 DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02884-10
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Appl Environ Microbiol ISSN: 0099-2240 Impact factor: 4.792