Candidatus Thermochlorobacter aerophilum: An aerobic chlorophotoheterotrophic member of the phylum Chlorobi defined by metagenomics and metatranscriptomics

ISME Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1869-1882

  Liu, Zhenfeng ^a   Klatt, Christian G ^b   Ludwig, Marcus ^a   Rusch, Douglas B ^c   Jensen, Sheila I ^d   Kühl, Michael ^d,e   Ward, David M ^b   Bryant, Donald A ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chlorobi; Metagenome; Metatranscriptome

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL D; CARBON; RNA 16S;

AMINO ACID; BACTERIUM; CHROMOSOME; COMMON ANCESTRY; DIEL VARIATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMICS; HETEROTROPHY; MICROBIAL MAT; OXIDATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SULFUR COMPOUND; TAXONOMY; THERMAL SPRING;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHLOROBI; CLASSIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; HETEROTROPHY; METABOLISM; METAGENOME; METAGENOMICS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; THERMAL SPRING;

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLLS; CARBON; CHLOROBI; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HETEROTROPHIC PROCESSES; HOT SPRINGS; METAGENOME; METAGENOMICS; PHOTOPERIOD; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

CHLOROBI;

EID: 84867747979     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2012.24     Document Type: Article

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