Identification of a transcriptional repressor involved in benzoate metabolism in Geobacter bemidjiensis.

ABSTRACT: Subsurface environments contaminated with aromatic compounds can be remediated in situ by Geobacter species. A transcription factor that represses expression of bamA, a benzoate-inducible gene, in Geobacter bemidjiensis during growth with acetate was identified. It is likely that this repressor also regulates other genes involved in aromatic compound metabolism.

SUBMITTER: Ueki T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3187116 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature