Characterization of Rhodospirillum rubrum ST2. A new Tn5-induced carotenoid-less mutant for functional studies

Microbiological Research

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 57-61

  Wiggli, Markus ^a   Cornacchia, Luigi ^b,c   Saegesser, Rudolf ^a,d   Bachofen, Reinhard ^a   Ghosh, Robin ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Light harvesting complexes; Photosynthesis; Rhodospirillum rubrum

Indexed keywords

RHODOSPIRILLUM RUBRUM;

EID: 0030065920     PISSN: 09445013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0944-5013(96)80056-5     Document Type: Article

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