Anoxygenic phototrophy across the phylogenetic spectrum: Current understanding and future perspectives

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 166, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 211-223

  Stackebrandt, Erko ^a   Rainey, Frederick A ^a   Ward Rainey, Naomi ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE DSMZ GERMAN COLLECTION OF MICROORGANISMS AND CELL CULTURES   (Germany)

Author keywords

anoxygenic phototrophs; gene transfer; genome analysis; phylogenetic relationships; rDNA; reaction center; rRNA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENETICS; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0029803232     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050377     Document Type: Review

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