Phylogenetic and physiological characterization of a filamentous anoxygenic photoautotrophic bacterium 'Candidatus Chlorothrix halophila' gen. nov., sp. nov., recovered from hypersaline microbial mats

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 17-25

  Klappenbach, Joel A ^a   Pierson, Beverly K ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND   (United States)

Author keywords

'Candidatus Chlorothrix halophila'; 3 Hydroxypropionate; Green non sulfur; Marine Chloroflexus like organisms

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; BICARBONATE; CARBON; CARBON 14; HYDRACRYLIC ACID; PROPIONYL COENZYME A; PROPIONYL COENZYME A SYNTHASE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CANDIDATUS CHLOROTHRIX HALOPHILA; CARBON FIXATION; CHLOROFLEXUS AURANTIACUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ASSAY; GENETIC CODE; HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; LABORATORY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY;

BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BICARBONATES; CHLOROFLEXI; CHLOROFLEXUS; COENZYME A LIGASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LACTIC ACID; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SULFIDES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS; CANDIDATUS CHLOROTHRIX HALOPHILA; CHLOROFLEXACEAE; CHLOROFLEXUS; CHLOROFLEXUS AURANTIACUS; HALOPHILA; OSCILLOCHLORIS; PHOTOBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0742304077     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-003-0615-7     Document Type: Article

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