Vertical distribution and characterization of aerobic phototrophic bacteria at the Juan de Fuca Ridge in the Pacific Ocean

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 235-244

  Rathgeber, Christopher ^a   Lince, Michael T ^b   Alric, Jean ^c   Lang, Andrew S ^d   Humphrey, Elaine ^d   Blankenship, Robert E ^b   Verméglio, André ^e   Plumley, F Gerald ^f   Van Dover, Cindy L ^g   Beatty, J Thomas ^d   Yurkov, Vladimir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INST DE BIOLOGIE PHYSICO CHIMIQUE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e IRFM   (France)

^f BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Bermuda)

^g The College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobic phototrophic bacteria; Anoxygenic photosynthesis; Bacteriochlorophyll; Citromicrobium; Erythrobacter; Juan de Fuca Ridge

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; RNA 16S;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

BACTERIA, AEROBIC; CAROTENOIDS; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITROMICROBIUM; CITROMICROBIUM BATHYOMARINUM; ERYTHROBACTER; PHOTOBACTERIA;

EID: 51749125053     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11120-008-9332-z     Document Type: Article

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