An obligately photosynthetic bacterial anaerobe from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent Export

@article{citeulike:833550, abstract = {10.1073/pnas.0503674102 The abundance of life on Earth is almost entirely due to biological photosynthesis, which depends on light energy. The source of light in natural habitats has heretofore been thought to be the sun, thus restricting photosynthesis to solar photic environments on the surface of the Earth. If photosynthesis could take place in geothermally illuminated environments, it would increase the diversity of photosynthetic habitats both on Earth and on other worlds that have been proposed to possibly harbor life. Green sulfur bacteria are anaerobes that require light for growth by the oxidation of sulfur compounds to reduce CO to organic carbon, and are capable of photosynthetic growth at extremely low light intensities. We describe the isolation and cultivation of a previously unknown green sulfur bacterial species from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent, where the only source of light is geothermal radiation that includes wavelengths absorbed by photosynthetic pigments of this organism.}, address = {Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z3. jbeatty@interchange.ubc.ca}, author = {Beatty, J. Thomas and Overmann, J\~{A}{\P}rg and Lince, Michael T. and Manske, Ann K. and Lang, Andrew S. and Blankenship, Robert E. and Van Dover, Cindy L. and Martinson, Tracey A. and Plumley, F. Gerald}, citeulike-article-id = {833550}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0503674102}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.pnas.org/content/102/26/9306.abstract}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.pnas.org/content/102/26/9306.full.pdf}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/abstract/102/26/9306}, citeulike-linkout-4 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15967984}, citeulike-linkout-5 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=15967984}, day = {28}, doi = {10.1073/pnas.0503674102}, issn = {0027-8424}, journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America}, keywords = {anaerobic, marine, novel\_guilds}, month = {June}, number = {26}, pages = {9306--9310}, posted-at = {2009-10-02 13:22:32}, priority = {2}, title = {An obligately photosynthetic bacterial anaerobe from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0503674102}, volume = {102}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:833550 L3 - citeulike-article-id:833550 N2 - 10.1073/pnas.0503674102 The abundance of life on Earth is almost entirely due to biological photosynthesis, which depends on light energy. The source of light in natural habitats has heretofore been thought to be the sun, thus restricting photosynthesis to solar photic environments on the surface of the Earth. If photosynthesis could take place in geothermally illuminated environments, it would increase the diversity of photosynthetic habitats both on Earth and on other worlds that have been proposed to possibly harbor life. Green sulfur bacteria are anaerobes that require light for growth by the oxidation of sulfur compounds to reduce CO to organic carbon, and are capable of photosynthetic growth at extremely low light intensities. We describe the isolation and cultivation of a previously unknown green sulfur bacterial species from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent, where the only source of light is geothermal radiation that includes wavelengths absorbed by photosynthetic pigments of this organism. IS - 26 JF - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America SN - 0027-8424 AD - Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z3. jbeatty@interchange.ubc.ca EP - 9310 TI - An obligately photosynthetic bacterial anaerobe from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent VL - 102 SP - 9306 KW - anaerobic KW - marine KW - novel_guilds AU - Beatty, Thomas AU - Overmann, Jörg AU - Lince, Michael AU - Manske, Ann AU - Lang, Andrew AU - Blankenship, Robert AU - Van Dover, Cindy AU - Martinson, Tracey AU - Plumley, Gerald PY - 2005/06/28/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0503674102 ER -