Rhodospira trueperi gen. nov., spec. nov., a new phototorphic proteobacterium of the alpha group

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-45

  Pfennig, Norbert ^a   Lünsdorf, Heinrich ^b   Süling, Jörg ^c   Imhoff, Johannes F ^c  

^a Gesell F Biotechnologische F ^*  (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacteriocholorophyll b; New genus; New species; Phototrophic bacteria; Rhodospira; Taxonomy; Tetrahydrospirilloxanthin

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; CAROTENOID; FATTY ACID; PIGMENT; RNA 16S; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFIDE; SULFUR; VITAMIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; FLAGELLUM; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOSPIRA TRUEPERI; RHODOSPIRILLUM RUBRUM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLLS; CAROTENOIDS; CLASSIFICATION; FATTY ACIDS; LIPIDS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFIDES; SULFUR; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHOTOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; RHODOSPIRA; RHODOSPIRA TRUEPERI; RHODOSPIRILLUM RUBRUM; UNCULTURED MARINE BACTERIUM;

EID: 0030849807     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050467     Document Type: Article

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