Transcriptome of a Nitrosomonas europaea mutant with a disrupted nitrite reductase gene (nirK)

Catherine Mee-Hie Cho; Tingfen Yan; Xueduan Liu; Liyou Wu; Jizhong Zhou; Lisa Y Stein

doi:10.1128/AEM.02958-05

Transcriptome of a Nitrosomonas europaea mutant with a disrupted nitrite reductase gene (nirK)

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2006 Jun;72(6):4450-4. doi: 10.1128/AEM.02958-05.

Authors

Catherine Mee-Hie Cho¹, Tingfen Yan, Xueduan Liu, Liyou Wu, Jizhong Zhou, Lisa Y Stein

Affiliation

¹ Department of Environmental Sciences, Geology 2207, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA.

Abstract

Global gene expression was compared between the Nitrosomonas europaea wild type and a nitrite reductase-deficient mutant using a genomic microarray. Forty-one genes were differentially regulated between the wild type and the nirK mutant, including the nirK operon, genes for cytochrome c oxidase, and seven iron uptake genes. Relationships of differentially regulated genes to the nirK mutant phenotype are discussed.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Electron Transport Complex IV
Gene Deletion*
Genes, Bacterial
Mutation*
Nitrite Reductases / genetics*
Nitrosomonas europaea / enzymology*
Nitrosomonas europaea / genetics*
Operon
Transcription, Genetic*

Substances

Nitrite Reductases
Electron Transport Complex IV