Organisms

Gram-Negative Oxygenic Photosynthetic Bacteria

Widely distributed unicellular or multicellular bacteria. The CYANOBACTERIA use chlorophyll a and phycobilins for oxygenic photosynthesis while genera in the Prochlorales use both chlorophyll a and b but not phycobilins.

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Widely distributed unicellular or multicellular bacteria. The CYANOBACTERIA use chlorophyll a and phycobilins for oxygenic photosynthesis while genera in the Prochlorales use both chlorophyll a and b but not phycobilins.

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  • Gram Negative Oxygenic Photosynthetic Bacteria

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Indexed with the subheadings chemistry, classification, cytology, drug effects, enzymology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pathogenicity, physiology, radiation effects, ultrastructure, virology.

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  • Cyanobacteria (1970-1997)

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  1. B03w.440w.475

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Gram-Negative Oxygenic Photosynthetic Bacteria. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D019688. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D019688
  2. Gram-Negative Oxygenic Photosynthetic Bacteria. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q69350912