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Roseicyclus mahoneyensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic phototrophic bacterium isolated from a meromictic lake.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Jul 2005
Rathgeber Christopher, Yurkova Natalia, Stackebrandt Erko, Schumann Peter, Beatty J Thomas, Yurkov Vladimir
Abstract excerpt
Eight strains of Gram-negative bacteria able to form ring-like cells were isolated from Mahoney Lake, a meromictic lake in south-central British Columbia, Canada. All strains were pink-purple and contained bacteriochlorophyll a incorporated into the light-harvesting 1 and 2 and reaction-centre pigment-protein complexes. Growth did not occur anaerobically under illuminated conditions; these strains were obligately...
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