Unique communities of anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria in saline lakes of Salar de Atacama (Chile): Evidence for a new phylogenetic lineage of phototrophic Gammaproteobacteria from pufLM gene analyses

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 510-522

  Thiel, Vera ^a   Tank, Marcus ^a   Neulinger, Sven C ^a   Gehrmann, Linda ^a   Dorador, Cristina ^b   Imhoff, Johannes F ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTOFAGASTA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria; fmoA; Functional gene; pufL; pufM; Salar de Atacama

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PUFL PROTEIN, BACTERIA; PUFM PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PHOTOAUTOTROPHY; PHYLOGENETICS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SALINE LAKE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHILE; CHROMATIACEAE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ECTOTHIORHODOSPIRACEAE; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENETICS; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOTROPHY; PHYLOGENY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SALINITY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHILE; CHROMATIACEAE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECTOTHIORHODOSPIRACEAE; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENES, BACTERIAL; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PHOTOTROPHIC PROCESSES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SALINITY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROBI; CHROMATIACEAE; ECTOTHIORHODOSPIRACEAE; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; PHOTOBACTERIA; PROSTHECOCHLORIS INDICUM; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 78149386718     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.00966.x     Document Type: Article

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