Diverse arrangement of photosynthetic gene clusters in aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria.

BACKGROUND: Aerobic anoxygenic photototrophic (AAP) bacteria represent an important group of marine microorganisms inhabiting the euphotic zone of the ocean. They harvest light using bacteriochlorophyll (BChl) a and are thought to be important players in carbon cycling in the ocean. METHODOLOGY/PRIN...

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Main Authors: Qiang Zheng, Rui Zhang, Michal Koblížek, Ekaterina N Boldareva, Vladimir Yurkov, Shi Yan, Nianzhi Jiao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3176799?pdf=render