Microbial communities of stratified aquatic ecosystems of Kandalaksha Bay (White Sea) shed light on the evolutionary history of green and brown morphotypes of Chlorobiota

• Published in: FEMS Microbiology Ecology
• Main Authors: Grouzdev, Denis, Gaisin, Vasil, Lunina, Olga, Krutkina, Maria, Krasnova, Elena, Voronov, Dmitry, Baslerov, Roman, Sigalevich, Pavel, Savvichev, Alexander, Gorlenko, Vladimir
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2022
• Subjects: Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology; Ecology; Microbiology; Kandalaksha; White Sea
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiac103; https://academic.oup.com/femsec/advance-article-pdf/doi/10.1093/femsec/fiac103/45745283/fiac103.pdf; https://academic.oup.com/femsec/article-pdf/98/10/fiac103/45989860/fiac103.pdf

Abstract Anoxygenic photoautotrophic metabolism of green sulfur bacteria of the family Chlorobiaceae played a significant role in establishing the Earth's biosphere. Two known major ecological forms of these phototrophs differ in their pigment composition and, therefore, in color: the green and...