An Alkalophilic Species of Ectothiorhodospira from a Kenyan Soda Lake
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- 1 January 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Microbiology Society in Journal of General Microbiology
- Vol. 110 (1) , 137-142
- https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-110-1-137
Abstract
Summary: An Ectothiorhodospira sp. was isolated from an alkaline mud sample from Lake Hannington, Kenya. It closely resembled Ectothiorhodospira shaposhnikovii in its ultrastructure, GC content, photosynthetic pigments, flagella position and mode of sulphur deposition, but differed in exhibiting more extreme alkalophily, the pH optimum being 9·0 to 9·5, and in being obligately phototrophic.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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