Actinorhodopsin genes discovered in diverse freshwater habitats and among cultivated freshwater Actinobacteria

ISME Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 726-737

  Sharma, Adrian K ^a   Sommerfeld, Katrin ^a   Bullerjahn, George S ^b   Matteson, Audrey R ^c   Wilhelm, Steven W ^c   Jezbera, Jan ^d,e   Brandt, Ulrike ^d   Doolittle, W Ford ^a   Hahn, Martin W ^d  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^e INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Actinobacteria; Actinorhodopsin; Erie; Freshwater; Rhodopsins; Superior

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACTERIA; MICROBACTERIACEAE;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIORHODOPSIN; FRESH WATER; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIORHODOPSINS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FRESH WATER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 67549134809     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2009.13     Document Type: Article

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