Molecular genetic and chemotaxonomic characterization of the terrestrial cyanobacterium Nostoc commune and its neighboring species

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 34-45

  Arima, Hiromi ^a   Horiguchi, Noriomi ^a   Takaichi, Shinichi ^a   Kofuji, Rumiko ^a   Ishida, Ken Ichiro ^a,b   Wada, Keishiro ^a,c   Sakamoto, Toshio ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anhydrobiosis; Carotenoid; Ferredoxin NADP + oxidoreductase; Nitrate nitrite transporter; Random amplified polymorphic DNA; Water stress protein

Indexed keywords

CANTHAXANTHIN; CAROTENOID; MYXOL; NITRATE; NITRITE; NOSTOXANTHIN; RNA 16S; XANTHOPHYLL;

CAROTENOID; CHEMOTAXONOMY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; WATER STRESS;

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; JAPAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NOSTOC COMMUNE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE;

ANABAENA; BASE SEQUENCE; CANTHAXANTHIN; CAROTENOIDS; GENES, RRNA; GENETIC VARIATION; JAPAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRATES; NITRITES; NOSTOC COMMUNE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; XANTHOPHYLLS;

JAPAN;

EID: 83455243347     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01195.x     Document Type: Article

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