Occurrence of new bacteriochlorophyll d forms in natural populations of green photosynthetic sulfur bacteria

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 257-267

  Borrego, Carles M ^a   Garcia Gil, Jesus ^a   Cristina, Xavier P ^a   Vila, Xavier ^a   Abella, Carles A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

'Chlorochromatium aggregatum'; Bacteriochlorophyll d; Chloronema sp.; Green sulfur bacteria; High performance liquid chromatography; Light adaptation; Pelodictyon clathratiforme

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; PIGMENT;

ARTICLE; CHLOROBIUM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIGHT ADAPTATION; NATURAL POPULATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031880786     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(98)00038-5     Document Type: Article

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