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NITROGEN METABOLISM IN PHOTOSYNTHETIC BACTERIA - Group CVI-117
   
  Current members of the team  
     
 
Conrado Moreno Vivián
Head
F. Javier Caballero Domínguez
 
 
Mª Dolores Roldán Ruiz
 
Víctor M. Luque Almagro
 
 
 
     
Lara P. Sáez Melero
 
 
Isabel Manso Cobos
 
 
Mª Isabel Ibáñez García
 
 
M. Paz Escribano Fernández
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Rafel Blanco Moreno
Colaborador Honorario
 
   
  Group address  
   
  Planta primera, Ala norte, Edif. Severo Ochoa, Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Campus de Rabanales, Universidad de Córdoba.
Phone: 0034957-218318
Fax: 0034957-218588
   
   
  Scientific activity  
   
 
Bacterial metabolism: Molecular biology of nitrate reduction and biodegradation of nitrophenols and cyanides by phototrophic and heterotrophic bacteria
  
   
   
  Publications  
   
 

Olmo-Mira, M.F., Gavira, M., Richardson, D.J., Castillo, F., Moreno-Vivián, C., Roldán, M.D. (2004) NapF is a cytoplasmic iron-sulfur protein required for Fe-S cluster assembly in the periplasmic nitrate reductase. J. Biol. Chem. 279: 49727-49735.

Cabello, P., Pino, C., Olmo-Mira, M.F., Castillo, F., Roldán, M.D., Moreno-Vivián, C. (2004) Hydroxylamine assimilation by Rhodobacter capsulatus E1F1. Requirement of the hcp gene (hybrid cluster protein) located in the nitrate assimilation nas gene region for hydroxylamine reduction. J. Biol. Chem. 279: 45485-45494.

Pérez-Reinado, E., Blasco, R., Castillo, F., Moreno-Vivián, C., Roldán, M.D. (2005) Regulation and characterization of two nitroreductase genes, nprA and nprB, of Rhodobacter capsulatus. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71: 7643-7649.

Luque-Almagro, V.M., Huertas, M.J., Martínez-Luque, M., Moreno-Vivián, C.,Roldán, M.D., García-Gil, J., Castillo, F., Blasco, R. (2005) Bacterial degradation of cyanide and its metal complexes under alkaline conditions. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71: 940-947.

Huertas, M.J., Luque-Almagro, V.M., Martínez-Luque, M., Blasco, R., Moreno-Vivián, C., Castillo, F., Roldán, M.D. (2006) Cyanide metabolism of Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes CECT5344: Role of siderophores. Biochem. Soc. Trans. 34: 152-155.

Luque-Almagro, V.M., Huertas, M.J., Roldán, M.D., Moreno-Vivián, C., Martínez-Luque, M., Blasco, R., Castillo, F. (2007) The cyanotrophic bacterium Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes CECT5344 responds to cyanide by defence mechanisms against iron deprivation, oxidative damage and nitrogen stress.Environmental Microbiology. En prensa.