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Unsuspected diversity among marine aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs.
Nature - 7 Feb 2002
Béjà Oded, Suzuki Marcelino T, Heidelberg John F, Nelson William C, Preston Christina M, Hamada Tohru, Eisen Jonathan A, Fraser Claire M, DeLong Edward F
Abstract excerpt
Aerobic, anoxygenic, phototrophic bacteria containing bacteriochlorophyll a (Bchla) require oxygen for both growth and Bchla synthesis. Recent reports suggest that these bacteria are widely distributed in marine plankton, and that they may account for up to 5% of surface ocean photosynthetic electron transport and 11% of the total microbial community. Known planktonic anoxygenic phototrophs belong to only a few...
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