Diversity of pufM genes, involved in aerobic anoxygenic photosynthesis, in the bacterial communities associated with colonial ascidians

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 387-398

  Martínez García, Manuel ^a   Díaz Valdés, Marta ^b   Antón, Josefa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ascidian; Association; Bacteria; PufM

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; PUFM PROTEIN, BACTERIA; RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLONIAL ORGANISM; FILTER FEEDER; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENETICS; RNA; TAXONOMY;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENETICS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MICROBIOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; UROCHORDATA;

AEROBIOSIS; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; UROCHORDATA;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST);

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INVERTEBRATA; ROSEOBACTER; UNCULTURED MARINE BACTERIUM;

EID: 76049098450     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2009.00816.x     Document Type: Article

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