Motility of Marichromatium gracile in Response to Light, Oxygen, and Sulfide

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 5410-5419

  Thar, Roland ^a   Kühl, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIACEAE; CYTOLOGY; DARKNESS; DRUG EFFECT; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

CHROMATIACEAE; DARKNESS; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MOVEMENT; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; SULFIDES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0035656730     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.12.5410-5419.2001     Document Type: Article

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