A new purple sulfur bacterium isolated from a littoral microbial mat, Thiorhodococcus drewsii sp. nov.

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 174-183

  Zaar, Annette ^a   Fuchs, Georg ^a   Golecki, Jochen R ^a   Overmann, Jörg ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anoxygenic photosynthesis; Bacteriochlorophyll a; Chromatiaceae; Fatty acid metabolism; Microbial mats; Purple sulfur bacteria; Rhodopin; Spirilloxanthin; Sulfur; Thiorhodococcus

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL A; CARBON DIOXIDE; CAROTENOID; FATTY ACID; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; RHODOPIN; RNA 16S; SULFUR; THIOSULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CHROMATIACEAE; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC SIMILARITY; LITTORAL; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MICROBIAL MAT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SULFUR BACTERIUM; THIORHODOCOCCUS DREWSII; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHROMATIACEAE; PROKARYOTA; THIORHODOCOCCUS; THIORHODOCOCCUS DREWSII; THIORHODOCOCCUS MINOR;

EID: 0037334294     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-002-0514-3     Document Type: Article

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