Effect of temperature and light on growth of and photosynthesis by Synechococcus isolates typical of those predominating in the Octopus Spring microbial mat community of Yellowstone National Park

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 544-550

  Allewalt, Jessica P ^a,c   Bateson, Mary M ^a   Revsbech, Niels Peter ^b   Slack, Kimberly ^a   Ward, David M ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c TETRA TECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ECOLOGY; GROWTH KINETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; RNA; THERMAL EFFECTS;

GROWTH RATE; LIGHT ACCLIMATION; PHOTOSYNTHETIC RESPONSES; TEMPERATURE RELATIONS;

PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; RNA 16S; BACTERIAL DNA; OXYGEN;

BACTERIUM; DILUTION; FILTRATION; GENE; LIGHT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DILUTION; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; FILTRATION; GENOTYPE; LIGHT ADAPTATION; MICROBIAL MAT; NATIONAL PARK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS LIVIDUS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEDIMENT; THERMAL SPRING; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; OCTOPUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS PCC 6301; SYNECHOCOCCUS LIVIDUS;

DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; GENOTYPE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HEAT; HOT SPRINGS; LIGHT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONTANA; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 33144466428     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.72.1.544-550.2006     Document Type: Article

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