Photoresponses of the purple nonsulfur bacteria Rhodospirillum centenum and Rhodobacter sphaeroides

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 6764-6768

  Sackett, Marcella J ^a,d   Armitage, Judith P ^b   Sherwood, Elizabeth E ^c   Pitta, Thomas P ^a,c  

^a MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; LIGHT; PHOTOACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; RHODOSPIRILLUM; SWIMMING;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS; RHODOSPIRILLACEAE; RHODOSPIRILLUM CENTENUM;

EID: 0030659786     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.21.6764-6768.1997     Document Type: Article

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