Heliothrix oregonensis, gen. nov., sp. nov., a phototrophic filamentous gliding bacterium containing bacteriochlorophyll a

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 1985, Pages 164-167

  Pierson, B K ^a   Giovannoni, S J ^b   Stahl, D A ^c   Castenholz, R W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

5S rRNA; Bacteriochlorophyll a; Chloroflexus; Filamentous; Gliding motility; Heliothrix; Hot springs; Nucleotide sequence homologies; Phototrophic; Thermophilic

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL;

BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; MOTILITY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY;

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLLS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAROTENOIDS; CHLOROPHYLL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIA; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TERMINOLOGY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0021814934     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: 1432072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00447061     Document Type: Article

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