Genes involved in the biosynthesis of photosynthetic pigments in the purple sulfur photosynthetic bacterium Thiocapsa roseopersicina

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 3093-3102

  Kovács, Akos T ^a   Rákhely, Gábor ^a   Kovács, Kornél L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHLOROPHYLL; GENES; OXYGEN;

MUTANT STRAINS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

GENE PRODUCT;

BACTERIUM; GENETICS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PIGMENT;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE INSERTION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC REGULATION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PURPLE MEMBRANE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SULFUR BACTERIUM; THIOCAPSA ROSEOPERSICINA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSERTION SEQUENCES; PHOTOBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA; RUBRIVIVAX GELATINOSUS; THIOCAPSA; THIOCAPSA ROSEOPERSICINA;

EID: 0038170397     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.6.3093-3102.2003     Document Type: Article

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