The photosynthetic apparatus and its regulation in the aerobic gammaproteobacterium Congregibacter litoralis gen. nov., sp. nov

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Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Spring, Stefan ^a   Lünsdorf, Heinrich ^b   Fuchs, Bernhard M ^c   Tindall, Brian J ^a  

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

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL A; CYTOCHROME C; PIGMENT; RHODOVIOLASCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLUE LIGHT; CARBON METABOLISM; CELL MEMBRANE; CONGREGGIBACTER LITORALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; MARINE BACTERIUM; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PHOTOHETEROTROPH; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC RATE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; CLASSIFICATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEOBACTERIA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA;

PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 62849125044     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004866     Document Type: Article

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