Characterization of the chlorosome antenna of the filamentous anoxygenic phototrophic bacterium Chloronema sp. strain UdG9001

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 180, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 417-426

  Gich, Frederic ^a   Airs, Ruth L ^b   Danielsen, Marianne ^c   Keely, Brendan J ^d   Abella, Carles A ^e   Garcia Gil, Jesús ^e   Miller, Mette ^c   Borrego, Carles M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antenna pigments; Bacteriochlorophyll homologues; Chloronema; Chlorosomes; Filamentous anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria; Green sulfur bacteria

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL C; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL D; CAROTENOID; GAMMA CAROTENE; GERANYLGERANIOL; HEPTADECANOL; HEXADECENOL; MACROCYCLIC COMPOUND; OCTADECANOL; OCTADECENOL; POLYPEPTIDE; PROPIONIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHLOROBIUM; CHLORONEMA; ESTERIFICATION; FLUORESCENCE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLLS; CAROTENOIDS; CHLOROFLEXI; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DITERPENES; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROBACULUM TEPIDUM; CHLOROBI; CHLOROBIUM; CHLOROFLEXUS AURANTIACUS; CHLORONEMA; PHOTOBACTERIA;

EID: 0346364902     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-003-0608-6     Document Type: Article

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