Thiocapsa litoralis sp. nov., a new purple sulfur bacterium from microbial mats from the White Sea

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1441-1447

  Puchkova, Nataliya N ^a   Imhoff, Johannes F ^b   Gorlenko, Vladimir M ^a  

^a RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chromatiaceae; Phototrophic purple bacteria; Thiocapsa litoralis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; BICARBONATE; CAROTENOID; PIGMENT; RIBOSOME DNA; SULFIDE; SULFITE; SULFUR; THIOSULFATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BENTHOS; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURPLE MEMBRANE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SULFUR BACTERIUM; THIOCAPSA LITORALIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHROMATIACEAE; NEGIBACTERIA; PHOTOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; THIOCAPSA; THIOCAPSA LITORALIS;

EID: 0033854539     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-50-4-1441     Document Type: Article

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