Heliophilum fasciatum gen. nov. sp. nov. and Heliobacterium gestii sp. nov.: Endospore-forming heliobacteria from rice field soils

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 165, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 226-234

  Ormerod, John G ^a   Kimble, Linda K ^b,f   Nesbakken, Tore ^a,d   Torgersen, Yngve A ^a,e   Woese, Carl R ^c   Madigan, Michael T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^d Apotekernes Laboratorium   (Norway)

^e Central Veterinary Laboratory   (Norway)

^f IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria; Bacteriochlorophyll g; Heliobacterium gestii; Heliophilum fasciatum; Photosynthesis; Rice fields

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICE; SOIL MICROFLORA; SPORE; TAXONOMY;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLLS; ENDOSPORE-FORMING BACTERIA; EVOLUTION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; ORYZA SATIVA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0029967323     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050320     Document Type: Article

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