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Purification and Characterization of Sulfide:Quinone Oxidoreductase from an Acidophilic Iron-Oxidizing Bacterium, Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans

Satoshi WAKAIDepartment of Botany and Microbiology, Division of Bioscience, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University
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Mizuho TSUJITADepartment of Botany and Microbiology, Division of Bioscience, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University
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Mei KIKUMOTODepartment of Botany and Microbiology, Division of Bioscience, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University
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Mohammed A. MANCHURDepartment of Botany and Microbiology, Division of Bioscience, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University
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Tadayoshi KANAODepartment of Botany and Microbiology, Division of Bioscience, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University
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Kazuo KAMIMURADepartment of Botany and Microbiology, Division of Bioscience, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University
Pages 2735-2742 | Received 29 May 2007, Accepted 23 Jul 2007, Published online: 22 May 2014

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