Tellurite and Tellurate Reduction by the Aerobic Anoxygenic Phototroph Erythromonas ursincola, Strain KR99 Is Carried out by a Novel Membrane Associated Enzyme

Erythromonas ursincola, strain KR99 isolated from a freshwater thermal spring of Kamchatka Island in Russia, resists and reduces very high levels of toxic tellurite under aerobic conditions. Reduction is carried out by a constitutively expressed membrane associated enzyme, which was purified and cha...

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Main Authors: Chris Maltman, Lynda J. Donald, Vladimir Yurkov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-04-01
Series:Microorganisms
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/5/2/20