Chapter 35
A Functional Metagenomic Approach for Discovering Nickel Resistance Genes from the Rhizosphere of an Acid Mine Drainage Environment
Salvador Mirete,
Carolina G. de Figueras,
Jose E. González-Pastor,
Salvador Mirete
Laboratory of Molecular Ecology, Center for Astrobiology (CSIC-INTA), Madrid, Spain
Search for more papers by this authorCarolina G. de Figueras
Laboratory of Molecular Ecology, Center for Astrobiology (CSIC-INTA), Madrid, Spain
Search for more papers by this authorJose E. González-Pastor
Laboratory of Molecular Ecology, Center for Astrobiology (CSIC-INTA), Madrid, Spain
Search for more papers by this authorSalvador Mirete,
Carolina G. de Figueras,
Jose E. González-Pastor,
Salvador Mirete
Laboratory of Molecular Ecology, Center for Astrobiology (CSIC-INTA), Madrid, Spain
Search for more papers by this authorCarolina G. de Figueras
Laboratory of Molecular Ecology, Center for Astrobiology (CSIC-INTA), Madrid, Spain
Search for more papers by this authorJose E. González-Pastor
Laboratory of Molecular Ecology, Center for Astrobiology (CSIC-INTA), Madrid, Spain
Search for more papers by this authorBook Editor(s):Frans J. de Bruijn,
Frans J. de Bruijn
Laboratory of Plant Micro-organism Interaction, CNRS-INRA, Castanet Tolosan, France
Search for more papers by this authorFirst published: 16 September 2011
Summary
This chapter contains sections titled:
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Introduction
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Materials and Methods
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Results and Discussion
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Summary
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Internet Resources
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References
INTERNET RESOURCES
- Ribosomal Data Project (http://rdp.cme.msu.edu/)
- BLAST (http://blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Blast.cgi)
- ARB (http://www.arb-home.de/)
- ORF Finder (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gorf/gorf. html)
- Artemis (http://www.sanger.ac.uk/Software/Artemis/)
- COG database (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/COG/)
- PFAM database (http://PFAM.sanger.ac.uk/)
- TMpred (http://www.ch.embnet.org/software/TMPRED_form.html)
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