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Box-shaped halophilic bacteria.

Journal of bacteriology ·Vol. 151 ·No. 3 ·1982-09-00 ·Pages 1532-42

Javor B, Requadt C, Stoeckenius W

Abstract

Three morphologically similar strains of halophilic, box-shaped procaryotes have been isolated from brines collected in the Sinai, Baja California (Mexico), and southern California (United States). Although the isolates in their morphology resemble Walsby's square bacteria, which are a dominant morphological type in the Red Sea and Baja California brines, they are probably not identical to them. The cells show the general characteristics of extreme halophiles and archaebacteria. They contain pigments similar to bacteriorhodopsin which apparently mediate light-driven ion translocation and photophosphorylation.

MeSH Terms
Adenosine Triphosphate/metabolism Bacteriorhodopsins/analysis Carbonyl Cyanide m-Chlorophenyl Hydrazone/pharmacology Halobacteriaceae/cytology,isolation & purification,physiology Ion Channels Oxygen Consumption Photophosphorylation Photosynthesis Pigments, Biological/analysis Potassium Chloride/pharmacology Sodium Chloride/pharmacology Water Microbiology
Chemicals
Ion Channels Pigments, Biological Sodium Chloride Bacteriorhodopsins Carbonyl Cyanide m-Chlorophenyl Hydrazone Potassium Chloride Adenosine Triphosphate
Authors & Affiliations
3 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Javor B
Requadt C
Stoeckenius W
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Article Info
Journal
Journal of bacteriology
Abbr.
J Bacteriol
ISSN
0021-9193
DOI
10.1128/jb.151.3.1532-1542.1982
Published
1982-09-00
Pages
1532-42
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
2985120R
PMCID
PMC220435
Subset
IM
Grants
NIGMS NIH HHS · GM 27057-01 · United States
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/jb.151.3.1532-1542.1982 PMC Full Text View journal details
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