Physiology and phylogeny of green sulfur bacteria forming a monospecific phototrophic assemblage at a depth of 100 meters in the Black Sea

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 8049-8060

  Manske, Ann K ^a   Glaeser, Jens ^a,c   Kuypers, Marcel M M ^b   Overmann, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; OXIDATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SULFUR;

BACTERIORCHLOROPHYLL; BLACK SEA; GREEN SULFUR BACTERIA; PHYLOGENY;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL E; CARBON 14; CARBON DIOXIDE; DITHIONITE; ESTER; FARNESOL; FARNESYL ESTER; GERANYL ESTER; RNA 16S; STABLE ISOTOPE; SULFIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENETICS;

ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CALCULATION; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; CHLOROBIUM; CHLOROBIUM PHAEOBACTEROIDES; CHLOROBIUM PHAEOVIBRIOIDES; CULTURE MEDIUM; FRACTIONATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIGHT ADAPTATION; LIGHT INTENSITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PHOTOTROPISM; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA GENE; SEA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TIME; YEAST;

CHLOROBI; ENVIRONMENT; LIGHT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; SEAWATER;

BLACK SEA; EURASIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROBI; CHLOROBIACEAE; CHLOROBIUM; CHLOROBIUM PHAEOBACTEROIDES; CHLOROBIUM PHAEOVIBRIOIDES; PHOTOBACTERIA;

EID: 29144510213     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.12.8049-8060.2005     Document Type: Article

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