Membrane lipid composition of the unusual cyanobacterium Gloeobacter violaceus sp. PCC 7421, which lacks sulfoquinovosyl diacylglycerol

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 132-135

  Selstam, Eva ^a   Campbell, Douglas ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Fatty acid; Gloeobacter violaceus sp. PCC 7421; Lipid; Membrane; Photosynthesis; Sulfoquinovosyl diacylglycerol; Thylakoid

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; LIPID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYLAKOID;

EID: 0029780124     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050367     Document Type: Article

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