Pigment analysis of "Candidatus Chlorothrix halophila," a green filamentous anoxygenic phototrophic bacterium

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 4187-4195

  Olson, Tien Le ^a   Van De Meene, Allison M L ^a   Francis, J Nicholas ^b   Pierson, Beverly K ^b   Blankenship, Robert E ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL A; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL C; CAROTENOID; FARNESOL; GERANYLGERANIOL; PHYTOL; PIGMENT; TETRAHYDROGERANYLGERANIOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANDIDATUS CHLOROTHRIX HALOPHILA; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COLOR; ELUTION; ESTERIFICATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL A; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLLS; CAROTENOIDS; CHLOROFLEXI; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS CHLOROTHRIX HALOPHILA; PHOTOBACTERIA;

EID: 34249779830     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01712-06     Document Type: Article

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