Biotype of the purple nonsulfur photosynthetic bacterium, Rhodospirillum centenum

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 91-96

  Nickens, David ^a   Fry, Christopher J ^a   Ragatz, Lisa ^a   Bauer, Carl E ^a   Gest, Howard ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cysts; Photopigment synthesis; Phototaxis; R bodies; Swarming motility

Indexed keywords

PIGMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTYPOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTAXIS; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOSPIRILLUM;

EID: 0029874884     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050302     Document Type: Article

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