Responses of a thermophilic Synechococcus isolate from the microbial mat of octopus spring to light

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 4268-4278

  Kilian, Oliver ^a   Steunou, Anne Soisig ^a   Fazeli, Fariba ^a   Bailey, Shaun ^a   Bhaya, Devaki ^a   Grossman, Arthur R ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIXATION; CYANOBACTERIA; FLUORESCENCE EMISSION SPECTRA; GROWTH IRRADIANCES; MICROBIAL MATS;

CHLOROPHYLL; GENE ENCODING; PHOTONS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLYPEPTIDES;

MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; MYXOL ANHYDROHEXOSIDE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHYTOENE DESATURASE; PIGMENT; POLYPEPTIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZEAXANTHIN;

ACCLIMATION; CARBON FIXATION; CAROTENOID; CEPHALOPOD; CHLOROPHYLL; CYANOBACTERIUM; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IRRADIATION; LIGHT EFFECT; MICROBIAL MAT; PHOTIC ZONE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLEACHING; CARBON FIXATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LIGHT IRRADIANCE; MICROBIAL MAT; NATIONAL PARK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM I; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PHYCOBILISOME; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; SYNECHOCOCCUS; THERMAL SPRING; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

BASE SEQUENCE; CAROTENOIDS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; GENES, BACTERIAL; PHOTOBIOLOGY; PHOTOSYSTEM I PROTEIN COMPLEX; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; SYNECHOCOCCUS; TEMPERATURE; TOCOPHEROLS; WYOMING;

NORTH AMERICA; OCTOPUS SPRING; UNITED STATES; WYOMING; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

CYANOBACTERIA; OCTOPUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 34447522215     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00201-07     Document Type: Article

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