Light environment and synthesis of bacteriochlorophyll by populations of Chromatium okenii under natural environmental conditions

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-9

  Fischer, Carmen ^a   Wiggli, Markus ^b   Schanz, Ferdinand ^a   Hanselmann, Kurt W ^b   Bachofen, Reinhard ^b  

^a Institute of Plant Biology   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bacteriochlorophyll; Chromatium okenii; In situ experiment; Light intensity; Regulation; Spectral light distribution

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; LAKE WATER;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; LIGHT EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUNLIGHT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHROMATIUM; CHROMATIUM OKENII; LAMPROCYSTIS PURPUREA; PHOTOBACTERIA; THIOCAPSA;

EID: 0030249008     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-6496(96)00037-2     Document Type: Article

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