Isolation and characterization of Erythrobacter sp. strains from the upper ocean

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 180, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 327-338

  Koblížek, Michal ^a,d   Béjà, Oded ^b   Bidigare, Robert R ^c   Christensen, Stephanie ^c   Benitez Nelson, Bryan ^c   Vetriani, Costantino ^a   Kolber, Marcin K ^a   Falkowski, Paul G ^a   Kolber, Zbigniew S ^a,e  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^e MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs; Aerobic photosynthetic bacteria; Bacteriochlorophyll a; Erythrobacter; Photoheterotrophy

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; ENERGY; ERYTHROBACTER; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLLS; CARBON; CAROTENOIDS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FATTY ACIDS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPHINGOMONADACEAE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERYTHROBACTER; ERYTHROBACTER SP.; PHOTOBACTERIA;

EID: 16744362282     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-003-0596-6     Document Type: Article

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