Light-induced motility of thermophilic Synechococcus isolates from Octopus Spring, Yellowstone National Park

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2347-2354

  Ramsing, Niels B ^a,b   Ferris, Mike J ^b   Ward, David M ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTAXIS;

CYANOBACTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA; OCTOPUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 0030998920     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.6.2347-2354.1997     Document Type: Article

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