Characterezation of novel bacteriochlorophyll-a-containing red filaments from alkaline hot springs in Yellowstone National Park

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 152-161

  Boomer, Sarah M ^b   Pierson, Beverly K ^a   Austinhirst, Ruthann ^a   Castenholz, Richard W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND   (United States)

^b WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Anoxygenic photosynthesis; Bacteriochlorophyll; Gliding motility; Green non sulfur bacteria; Hot springs; Infrared radiation; Microbial mats; Photoheterotrophy; Photosynthetic bacteria; Thermophiles

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; OXYGEN; SULFIDE; FRESH WATER; PIGMENT;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COLOR; INFRARED RADIATION; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PH; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROFLEXI; HELIOTHRIX OREGONENSIS; OCTOPUS; PHOTOBACTERIA;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLLS; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0033626326     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030000189     Document Type: Article

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