Carbon monoxide-dependent growth of Rhodospirillum rubrum.
Under dark, anaerobic conditions in the presence of sufficient nickel, Rhodospirillum rubrum grows with a doubling time of under 5 h by coupling the oxidation of CO to the reduction of H+ to H2. CO-dependent growth of R. rubrum UR294, bearing a kanamycin resistance cassette in cooC, depends on a medium nickel level ninefold higher than that required for optimal growth of coo+ strains.
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Department of Bacteriology, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Wisconsin--Madison 53706, USA.
Ludden
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Roberts
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D000693:Anaerobiosis; D002248:Carbon Monoxide / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D003470:Culture Media; D003624:Darkness; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D007613:Kanamycin Resistance / Q000235:genetics; D016254:Mutagenesis, Insertional; D009532:Nickel / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D012247:Rhodospirillum rubrum / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism*
D003470:Culture Media; D009532:Nickel; D002248:Carbon Monoxide