Chlorobium tepidum: Insights into the structure, physiology, and metabolism of a green sulfur bacterium derived from the complete genome sequence

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 93-117

  Frigaard, Niels Ulrik ^a   Gomez Maqueo Chew, Aline ^a   Li, Hui ^a   Maresca, Julia A ^a   Bryant, Donald A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteriochlorophyll; Biosynthesis; Carotenoid; Chlorophyll; Chlorosome; Genomics; Green sulfur bacterium photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROBACULUM TEPIDUM; CHLOROBI; CHLOROBIUM; CYANOBACTERIA; PHOTOBACTERIA;

EID: 0347596598     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:PRES.0000004310.96189.b4     Document Type: Review

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