Novel halophilic aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs from a Canadian hypersaline spring system

Extremophiles

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 529-539

  Csotonyi, Julius T ^a   Swiderski, Jolantha ^b   Stackebrandt, Erko ^b   Yurkov, Vladimir V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE DSMZ GERMAN COLLECTION OF MICROORGANISMS AND CELL CULTURES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs; Bacteriochlorophyll; Hypersaline springs; Phototrophic halophiles; Physiology

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; CARBON; INORGANIC SALT; RIBOSOME DNA; WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CANADA; CHEMISTRY; DIATOM; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; PH; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; STEM CELL; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLLS; CANADA; CARBON; DIATOMS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GEOGRAPHY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; SALTS; STEM CELLS; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; PHOTOBACTERIA;

EID: 46149119420     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-008-0156-8     Document Type: Article

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