Evolutionary relationships among photosynthetic bacteria

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 76, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 173-183

  Gupta, Radhey S ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacterial phylogeny; Branching order; C.R. Woese; Genome sequences; Lateral gene transfer; Photosynthesis; Protein signatures; R.E. Blankenship; R.S. Gupta; Reaction centers

Indexed keywords

AQUIFEX; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; CHLOROBACULUM TEPIDUM; CHLOROBI; CHLOROBIUM; CHLOROFLEXI; CHLOROFLEXUS; CHLOROFLEXUS AURANTIACUS; CLOSTRIDIUM; CYANOBACTERIA; CYTOPHAGA; DEINOCOCCUS; DEINOCOCCUS-THERMUS; FLAVOBACTERIA; FUSOBACTERIUM; HELIOBACTERIUM; HELIOBACTERIUM CHLORUM; NEGIBACTERIA; PHOTOBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; SPIROCHAETALES; THERMOTOGA; THERMUS;

EID: 0042861279     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024999314839     Document Type: Short Survey

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