The gene encoding the tetrameric malate dehydrogenase (MDH) in a thermophilic Bacillus species (BI) has been cloned in an Escherichia coli plasmid. The nucleotide sequence of the gene, the first to be elucidated for a tetrameric MDH, shows the MDH subunit to contain 312 amino acids and have a molecular mass of 33648 Da, which confirms the experimentally determined value of about 35 kDa. Like th...

Here, we report the draft genome sequences of Tersicoccus phoenicis DSM 30849T, isolated from a spacecraft assembly cleanroom at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and Tersicoccus sp. strain Bi-70, isolated from Lake Biwa, the largest lake in Japan. These genome sequences facilitate our understanding of the adaptation of these closely related strains to different habitats.

Isoelectronic heavy elemental substitutions are generally preferred for enhancing the phonon scattering in a material without deteriorating its electrical transport. In this work, we demonstrate efficacy and contrasting role of bismuth, an isoelectronic substitute antimony, thermoelectric transport structurally ordered cubic VFeSb half-Heusler. Despite limited solubility, Bi-substitution at Sb-...

The use of computational models in metabolic engineering has been increasing as more genome-scale metabolic models and computational approaches become available. Various computational approaches have been developed to predict how genetic perturbations affect metabolic behavior at a systems level, and have been successfully used to engineer microbial strains with improved primary or secondary me...