title: Validation of the correct start codon of norX/nxrX and universality of the norAXB/nxrAXB gene cluster in nitrobacter species.
abstract: The complete norX/nxrX sequence of five Nitrobacter strains was determined showing that the norAXB/nxrAXB gene cluster is present in all hitherto described Nitrobacter species. Evidence is provided that the previously published sequence of norX in N. hamburgensis X14(T) contains an invalid base "insertion," which resulted in a frameshift and a misidentified start codon.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Microbiology, Department of Biochemistry, Physiology and Microbiology, Ghent University, K. L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Gent, Belgium. bram.vanparys@ugent.be
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Vanparys
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bodelier
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: De Vos
mesh_terms: D018387:Codon, Initiator / Q000235:genetics*; D005798:Genes, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005810:Multigene Family / Q000235:genetics*; D009565:Nitrate Reductases / Q000235:genetics*; D009576:Nitrobacter / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D018387:Codon, Initiator; D009565:Nitrate Reductases