Denitrification in pathogenic bacteria: for better or worst?
A large variety of physiological and taxonomic groups have the ability to use nitrogen oxides as alternative electron acceptors. Brucella spp. is an alpha-proteobacteriaceae that induces a persistent disease in some mammals. Recent work has revealed that a denitrifying gene cluster is important in the interaction of Brucella neotomoae with its host.
Philippot
Laurent
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UMR Microbiologie et Géochimie des Sols, INRA-Université de Bourgogne, 17 rue Sully BP 86510, 21065 Dijon Cedex, France. philippo@dijon.inra.fr
D000818:Animals; D002002:Brucella / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D051379:Mice; D009565:Nitrate Reductases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D009572:Nitrite Reductases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D009589:Nitrogen Oxides / Q000378:metabolism*; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D014774:Virulence / Q000235:genetics
D009589:Nitrogen Oxides; D010088:Oxidoreductases; D009565:Nitrate Reductases; D009572:Nitrite Reductases; C034747:nitric-oxide reductase