Isolation and characterization of spirilloid purple phototrophic bacteria forming red layers in microbial mats of Mediterranean salterns: Description of Halorhodospira neutriphila sp. nov. and emendation of the genus Halorhodospira

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 153-163

  Hirschler Réa, Agnès ^a   Matheron, Robert ^a   Riffaud, Christine ^a   Mouné, Sophie ^b,d   Eatock, Claire ^c   Herbert, Rodney A ^c   Willison, John C ^b   Caumette, Pierre ^d  

^a AVIGNON UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL; CYTOSINE; DNA 16S; GUANINE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; RHODOVIOLASCIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFIDE; SULFUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRON; HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; HALORHODOSPIRA NEUTRIPHILA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MICROBIAL MAT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOVIBRIO SODOMENSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BASE COMPOSITION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECOSYSTEM; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIGHT; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFUR;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHROMATIACEAE; CYANOBACTERIA; HALORHODOSPIRA; PHOTOBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA; RHODOVIBRIO SODOMENSIS;

EID: 0037217041     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02226-0     Document Type: Article

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