Aerobic anoxygenic photosynthesis genes and operons in uncultured bacteria in the Delaware River

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1896-1908

  Waidner, Lisa A ^a   Kirchman, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; OXYGEN;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEOBACTERIA; RHODOBACTER; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

AEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; DELAWARE; FRESH WATER; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEOBACTERIA; RHODOBACTER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; PHOTOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; RHODOBACTER; UNCULTURED BACTERIUM;

EID: 28644435670     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2005.00883.x     Document Type: Article

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