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Genes and Genetic Manipulations of Desulfovibrio

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Biochemistry and Physiology of Anaerobic Bacteria

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These examples of observations of sequences leave more questions than answers but provide intriguing hints that the metabolism of this important group of bacteria is versatile and complex.

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  1. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA

    Lars G. Ljungdahl  & Michael W. Adams  & 

  2. Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA

    Larry L. Barton

  3. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16801, USA

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    Michael K. Johnson

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Wall, J.D., Hemme, C.L., Rapp-Giles, B., Ringbauer, J.A., Casalot, L., Giblin, T. (2003). Genes and Genetic Manipulations of Desulfovibrio . In: Ljungdahl, L.G., Adams, M.W., Barton, L.L., Ferry, J.G., Johnson, M.K. (eds) Biochemistry and Physiology of Anaerobic Bacteria. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-22731-8_7

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