Rhodoferax antarcticus sp. nov., a moderately psychrophilic purple nonsulfur bacterium isolated from an Antarctic microbial mat

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 173, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 269-277

  Madigan, Michael T ^a   Jung, Deborah O ^a   Woese, Carl R ^b   Achenbach, Laurie A ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria; Antarctica; Photosynthesis; Psychrophile; Purple bacteria; Rhodoferax antarcticus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELL MOTILITY; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHODOFERAX ANTARCTICUS; RHODOFERAX FERMENTANS; TEMPERATURE;

NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLLS; BASE COMPOSITION; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CARBON; CAROTENOIDS; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, RRNA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TEMPERATURE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHOTOBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA; RHODOFERAX; RHODOFERAX ANTARCTICUS; RHODOFERAX FERMENTANS; RHODOSPIRILLACEAE;

EID: 0034115226     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030000140     Document Type: Article

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