Identification of the bacteriochlorophylls, carotenoids, quinones, lipids, and hopanoids of "candidatus chloracidobacterium thermophilum"

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1158-1168

  Costas, Amaya M Garcia ^a,e   Tsukatani, Yusuke ^a,f   Rijpstra, W Irene C ^b   Schouten, Stefan ^b   Welander, Paula V ^c   Summons, Roger E ^c   Bryant, Donald A ^a,d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY BILLINGS   (United States)

^f RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANOL; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; BETAINE DERIVATIVE; CANTHAXANTHIN; CAROTENOID; ECHINENONE; HOPANOID; ISOPRENOID; LIPID; MENAQUINONE; MYRISTIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHORUS; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CHLORACIDOBACTERIUM THERMOPHILUM; CHLOROBI; ENERGY TRANSFER; ESTERIFICATION; LIPID MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE STABILIZATION; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACIDOBACTERIA; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLLS; CAROTENOIDS; LIPIDS; PENTACYCLIC TRITERPENES; QUINONES;

ACIDOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROBI; THERMOPHILUM;

EID: 84857885821     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.06421-11     Document Type: Article

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