Differences in carotenoid composition among Hymenobacter and related strains support a tree-like model of carotenoid evolution

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2016-2022

  Klassen, Jonathan L ^a   Foght, Julia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOIDS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC ANALYSES;

BACTERIA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DISEASES; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAMMALS;

VITAMINS;

2' HYDROXYFLEXIXANTHINE; CAROTENOID; RNA 16S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHINE DERIVATIVE;

BACTERIUM; CAROTENOID; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMOTAXONOMY; HOMINID; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; GLACIATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYMENOBACTER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TREE;

CAROTENOIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FLEXIBACTERACEAE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS; VICTORIA UPPER GLACIER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HYMENOBACTER;

EID: 42049115057     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02306-07     Document Type: Article

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