The phylogeny of unicellular, extremely halotolerant cyanobacteria

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 169, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 469-482

  Garcia Pichel, Ferran ^a   Nübel, Ulrich ^a   Muyzer, Gerard ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Halophiles; Halotolerance; Hypersaline environments; Microbial mats; Phylogeny; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAROTENOIDS; CYANOBACTERIA; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0031810473     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050599     Document Type: Article

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