Evidence for limited species diversity of bacteriochlorophyll b-containing purple nonsulfur anoxygenic phototrophs in freshwater habitats

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 218, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 359-364

  Hoogewerf, Gerrit J ^a   Jung, Deborah O ^a   Madigan, Michael T ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria; Bacteriochlorophyll b; Blastochloris; Purple bacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL A; DISACCHARIDE; MONOSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CARBON SOURCE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BLASTOCHLORIS; BLASTOCHLORIS VIRIDIS; PHOTOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; RHODOSPIRILLACEAE;

EID: 0037469260     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(02)01195-3     Document Type: Article

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