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High Throughput Co-culture Assays for the Investigation of Microbial Interactions
Published on: October 15, 2019
Microbiology and genetics of CO utilization in mycobacteria
Young Min Kim1, Sae Woong Park
1Molecular Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Systems Biology, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea. young547@yonsei.ac.kr
Abstract:
Although extensive studies on the oxidation of carbon monoxide (CO) in aerobic carboxydotrophic bacteria have been carried out for over 30 years, utilization of CO as a source of carbon and energy by mycobacteria was recognized only recently. Studies on pathogenic and nonpathogenic mycobacteria have revealed that the basis for CO utilization in these bacteria is different in many aspects from that of other aerobic carboxydobacteria. We review the basis for CO utilization in mycobacterial carboxydobacteria, which is unique from physiological, biochemical, molecular, genetic and phylogenetic points of view.
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