Initial characterization of the photosynthetic apparatus of "Candidatus Chlorothrix halophila," a filamentous, anoxygenic photoautotroph

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 4196-4203

  Van De Meene, Allison M L ^a   Olson, Tien Le ^a   Collins, Aaron M ^b   Blankenship, Robert E ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL C; PROTEIN CSMA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CANDIDATUS CHLOROTHRIX HALOPHILA; CHLOROBI; CHLOROFLEXI; CHLOROSOME; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOPLASM VESICLE; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; MEXICO; MICROBIAL MAT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHOTOAUTOTROPH; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; STAINING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AUTOTROPHIC PROCESSES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHLOROFLEXI; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TEMPERATURE;

CANDIDATUS CHLOROTHRIX HALOPHILA; CHLOROBACULUM TEPIDUM; CHLOROBI; CHLOROFLEXI; CHLOROFLEXI (CLASS); CHLOROFLEXUS AURANTIACUS; PHOTOBACTERIA;

EID: 34249792366     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01711-06     Document Type: Article

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