Molecular Characterization of Copper and Cadmium Resistance Determinants in the Biomining Thermoacidophilic Archaeon <i>Sulfolobus metallicus</i>

<table>Schematic representation of the two <i>cop</i> gene clusters isolated from <i>S. metallicus</i> genome. Each cluster codes for an <i>Archaea</i>-specific transcriptional regulator (<i>copT</i>), a metallochaperone (<i>copM</i>), and a P-type Cu-exporting ATPase <i>(copA</i>). Lengths of each gene are indicated. Locus <i>cop1</i> corresponds to 4,346 sequenced base pairs and shows an intergenic region <i>copT1-M1</i> of 232 base pairs. Locus <i>cop2</i> corresponds to 3,435 base pairs and shows 89 base pairs <i>copT2-M2</i> intergenic region. Genes <i>copM2</i> and <i>copA2</i> overlapped in 11 base pairs. <i>copT2</i> was not fully isolated.</table>

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Figure 5: Molecular Characterization of Copper and Cadmium Resistance Determinants in the Biomining Thermoacidophilic Archaeon <i>Sulfolobus metallicus</i> 

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Molecular Characterization of Copper and Cadmium Resistance Determinants in the Biomining Thermoacidophilic Archaeon Sulfolobus metallicus

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