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Characterization of Two New Genes, amoR and amoD, in the amo Operon of the Marine Ammonia Oxidizer Nitrosococcus oceani ATCC 19707
Amal F. El Sheikh,1
Amisha T. Poret-Peterson,1 and
Martin G. Klotz1,2*
Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Biology,1
Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 402922
Received 19 July 2007/
Accepted 30 October 2007
Molecular analysis of the amo gene cluster in Nitrosococcus oceani revealed that it consists of five genes, instead of the three known genes, amoCAB. The two additional genes, orf1 and orf5, were introduced as amoR and amoD, respectively. Putative functions of the AmoR and AmoD proteins are discussed.
* Corresponding author. Mailing address: University of Louisville, Department of Biology, 139 Life Science Building, Louisville, KY 40292. Phone: (502) 852-7779. Fax: (502) 852-0725. E-mail: aem{at}mgklotz.com
Published ahead of print on 9 November 2007.
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0099-2240/08/$08.00+0 doi:10.1128/AEM.01654-07
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