Lessons from the genome of a lithoautotroph: making biomass from almost nothing

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¹ Department of Biochemistry and Molecular and Cellular Biology of Plants, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 18008 Granada, Spain. jlramos@eez.csic.es

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Juan-Luis Ramos. J Bacteriol. 2003 May.

. 2003 May;185(9):2690-1.

doi: 10.1128/JB.185.9.2690-2691.2003.

¹ Department of Biochemistry and Molecular and Cellular Biology of Plants, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 18008 Granada, Spain. jlramos@eez.csic.es

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Complete genome sequence of the ammonia-oxidizing bacterium and obligate chemolithoautotroph Nitrosomonas europaea.
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