Widespread distribution of proteorhodopsins in freshwater and brackish ecosystems

ISME Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 656-662

  Atamna Ismaeel, Nof ^a   Sabehi, Gazalah ^a   Sharon, Itai ^a   Witzel, Karl Paul ^b   Labrenz, Matthias ^c   Jürgens, Klaus ^c   Barkay, Tamar ^d   Stomp, Maayke ^e,f   Huisman, Jef ^e   Beja, Oded ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Microbial biodiversity; Phototrophic growth; Phylogenetic tree; Proteobacteria; Rhodopsins; Spectral tuning

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FLAVOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 44849083699     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2008.27     Document Type: Article

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