Colorful niches of phototrophic microorganisms shaped by vibrations of the water molecule

ISME Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 271-282

  Stomp, Maayke ^a   Huisman, Jef ^a,b   Stal, Lucas J ^a,b   Matthijs, Hans C P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Microbial evolution; Molecular vibrations; Niche differentiation; Photosynthesis; Phytoplankton competition; Spectral irradiance

Indexed keywords

PIGMENT;

BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; CHLOROBI; CHROMATIACEAE; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; REVIEW; RHODOBACTER; VIBRATION;

BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; CHLOROBI; CHROMATIACEAE; CYANOBACTERIA; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; LIGHT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; RHODOBACTER; VIBRATION; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 34547806531     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2007.59     Document Type: Review

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