Iridescence of a marine bacterium and classification of prokaryotic structural colors

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2092-2099

  Kientz, Betty ^a   Vukusic, Peter ^b   Luke, Stephen ^b   Rosenfeld, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL STRAINS; COLOR CHANGES; DIRECT ILLUMINATION; EPI-ILLUMINATION; GROWTH MEDIA; HIGH RESOLUTION; MARINE BACTERIUM; OPTICAL SPECTROMETRY; STRUCTURAL COLOR;

BACTERIA; IMAGE QUALITY;

COLOR;

SEA WATER;

BACTERIUM; COLOR; DOMINANCE; EUKARYOTE; GROWTH RATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SPECTROMETRY;

ANEMONE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; COLOR; CULTURE MEDIUM; FLAVOBACTERIACEAE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIGHT; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ANEMONE; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; COLOR; CULTURE MEDIA; FLAVOBACTERIACEAE; LIGHT; SEAWATER; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET;

ANEMONE; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CELLULOPHAGA LYTICA; EUKARYOTA; HEXAPODA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84861138924     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.07339-11     Document Type: Article

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