Phylogenetic taxonomy of the family Chlorobiaceae on the basis of 16S rRNA and fmo (Fenna-Matthews-Olson protein) gene sequences

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 941-951

  Imhoff, Johannes F ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CELL STRUCTURE; CHLOROBIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENUS; NEW COMBINATION (TAXONOMY); NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PELODICTYON; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHECOCHLORIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SUBSPECIES;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE COMPOSITION; CHLOROBI; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TERMINOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROBACULUM; CHLOROBACULUM LIMNAEUM; CHLOROBACULUM PARVUM; CHLOROBACULUM TEPIDUM; CHLOROBACULUM THIOSULFATIPHILUM; CHLOROBI; CHLOROBIACEAE; CHLOROBIUM; CHLOROBIUM CHLOROVIBRIOIDES; CHLOROBIUM LIMICOLA; CHLOROBIUM PHAEOBACTEROIDES; CHLOROBIUM PHAEOVIBRIOIDES; LIMICOLA; PELODICTYON; PELODICTYON CLATHRATIFORME; PELODICTYON LUTEOLUM; PELODICTYON PHAEOCLATHRATIFORME; PROKARYOTA; PROSTHECOCHLORIS; PROSTHECOCHLORIS VIBRIOFORMIS;

EID: 0041810417     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02403-0     Document Type: Article

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