Selective enrichment and characterization of Roseospirillum parvum, gen. nov. and sp. nov., a new purple nonsulfur bacterium with unusual light absorption properties

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 171, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 405-416

  Glaeser, Jens ^a   Overmann, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anoxygenic photosynthesis; Infrared radiation; Light harvesting complex; Microbial mats; Photosynthetic energy transfer; Phototaxis; Purple nonsulfur bacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; CAROTENOID; SULFATE; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; GROWTH RATE; INFRARED RADIATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOTAXIS; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; ROSEOSPIRILLUM PARVUM; SEDIMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHOTOBACTERIA; RHODOBIUM ORIENTIS; RHODOSPIRILLACEAE; ROSEOSPIRILLUM PARVUM;

EID: 0033020260     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050727     Document Type: Article

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