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The Primitive Thylakoid-Less Cyanobacterium Gloeobacter Is a Common Rock-Dwelling Organism
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SYSNO ASEP 0395232 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title The Primitive Thylakoid-Less Cyanobacterium Gloeobacter Is a Common Rock-Dwelling Organism Author(s) Mareš, Jan (BU-J) RID
Hrouzek, Pavel (MBU-M) ORCID
Kaňa, Radek (MBU-M) RID, ORCID
Ventura, S. (IT)
Strunecký, Otakar (BU-J) RID
Komárek, Jiří (BU-J)Number of authors 6 Source Title PLoS ONE. - : Public Library of Science - ISSN 1932-6203
Roč. 8, č. 6 (2013), e66323Number of pages 11 s. Language eng - English Country US - United States Keywords cyanobacteria ; evolution ; Gloeobacter Subject RIV EB - Genetics ; Molecular Biology R&D Projects GAP506/12/1818 GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF) ED2.1.00/03.0110 GA MŠMT - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS) Institutional support BU-J - RVO:67985939 ; MBU-M - RVO:61388971 UT WOS 000320576400084 DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0066323 Annotation The most primitive among living cyanobacteria, Gloeobacter violaceus, shows a unique ancestral cell organization with a complete absence of inner membranes (thylakoids) and an uncommon structure of the photosynthetic apparatus. It also numbers among the most widely used organisms in experimental photosynthesis research. Except for a few related culture isolates, there has been little data on the actual biology of Gloeobacter, being relegated to an ‘evolutionary curiosity’’ with an enigmatic identity. Here we show that members of the genus Gloeobacter probably are common rock-dwelling cyanobacteria. On the basis of morphological, ultrastructural, pigment, and phylogenetic comparisons of available Gloeobacter strains, as well as on the basis of three new independent isolates and historical type specimen, we have produced strong evidence as to the close relationship of Gloeobacter to a long known rock-dwelling cyanobacterial morphospecies Aphanothece caldariorum. Workplace Institute of Botany Contact Martina Bartošová, martina.bartosova@ibot.cas.cz, ibot@ibot.cas.cz, Tel.: 271 015 242 ; Marie Jakšová, marie.jaksova@ibot.cas.cz, Tel.: 384 721 156-8 Year of Publishing 2014
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