Distribution of bacteriochlorophyll homologs in natural populations of brown-colored phototrophic sulfur bacteria

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 301-309

  Borrego, C M ^a   Garcia Gil, L J ^a   Vila, X ^a   Cristina, X P ^a   Figueras, J B ^a   Abella, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacteriochlorophyll e; Green sulfur bacteria; High performance liquid chromatography; Light adaptation; Microbial ecology; Photosynthetic pigment

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL;

ARTICLE; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SULFUR BACTERIUM;

EID: 0031444595     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(97)00071-8     Document Type: Article

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