Geochemically distinct carbon isotope distributions in Allochromatium vinosum DSM 180T grown photoautotrophically and photoheterotrophically

Geobiology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 324-339

  Tang, T ^a,b   Mohr, W ^a,c   Sattin, S R ^a   Rogers, D R ^a,d   Girguis, P R ^a   Pearson, A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d STONEHILL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON ISOTOPE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RATE; HETEROTROPHY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; PHOTOAUTOTROPHY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM;

ALLOCHROMATIUM VINOSUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHOTOBACTERIA;

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL RNA; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; FATTY ACID; PHYTOL; PROTEIN;

CARBON CYCLE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATIACEAE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM;

ACETATES; AMINO ACIDS; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHROMATIACEAE; FATTY ACIDS; PHYTOL; PROTEINS; RNA, BACTERIAL;

EID: 85009230945     PISSN: 14724677     EISSN: 14724669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gbi.12221     Document Type: Article

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