Development of a Markerless Deletion Mutagenesis System in Nitrate-Reducing Bacterium Rhodanobacter denitrificans
Xuanyu Tao, Aifen Zhou, Megan L. Kempher, Jiantao Liu, Mugen Peng, Yuan Li, Jonathan P. Michael, Romy Chakraborty, Adam M. Deutschbauer, Adam P. Arkin, Jizhong Zhou
Abstract
Rhodanobacter denitrificans is capable of denitrification and is also resistant to toxic heavy metals and low pH. Accordingly, the presence of Rhodanobacter species at a particular environmental site is considered an indicator of nitrate and uranium contamination.
Topics & Concepts
NitrateDenitrificationMutagenesisBacteriaBiodegradationBiologyMicrobiologyComputational biologyChemistryMutationGeneEcologyGeneticsNitrogenOrganic chemistryWastewater Treatment and Nitrogen RemovalChemical Synthesis and CharacterizationRadioactive element chemistry and processing