Acaryochloris marina gen. et sp. nov. (Cyanobacteria), an oxygenic photosynthetic prokaryote containing chl d as a major pigment

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1247-1253

  Miyashita, Hideaki ^a,c   Ikemoto, Hisato ^a   Kurano, Norihide ^a   Miyachi, Shigetoh ^a   Chihara, Mitsuo ^b  

^a MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b Kyoto University ^*  (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acaryochloris gen. nov.; Acaryochloris marina sp. nov.; chl d; Cyanobacteria; Phylogeny; SSU rDNA; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIUM; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

ACARYOCHLORIS; ACARYOCHLORIS MARINA; CYANOBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0347065203     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3646.2003.03-158.x     Document Type: Article

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