Ecological and phylogenetic studies on purple sulfur bacteria based on their pufLM genes of the photosynthetic reaction center [Elektronische Ressource] / vorgelegt von Marcus Tank

ECOLOGICAL AND PHYLOGENETIC STUDIES ON PURPLE SULFUR BACTERIA BASED ON THEIR PUFLM GENES OF THE PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER Dissertation zur Erlangung des Doktorgrades der MathematischNaturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der ChristianAlbrechtsUniversität zu Kiel vorgelegt von Dipl.-Biol. Marcus Tank Kiel 2010 Referent/in: Prof. Dr. Johannes F. Imhoff Korreferent/in: Prof. Dr. Peter Schönheit Tag der mündlichen Prüfung: 30.09.2010 Zum Druck genehmigt: Kiel, 30.09.2010 Der Dekan TABLE OF CONTENTS General Introduction.............................................................................................................1 CHAPTER I PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIP OF PHOTOTROPHIC PURPLE SULFUR BACTERIA ACCORDING TO PUFL AND PUFM GENES ..............................................................................17 CHAPTER II IMPACT OF TEMPERATURE AND SALINITY CHANGES ON PURPLE SULFUR BACTERIA COMMUNITIES FROM A COASTAL LAGOON OF THE BALTIC SEA ANALYZED BY PUFLM GENE LIBRARIES....................................................................................................................37 CHAPTER III UNIQUE COMMUNITIES OF ANOXYGENIC PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIA IN SALINE LAKES OF SALAR DE ATACAMA (CHILE). EVIDENCE FOR A NEW PHYLOGENETIC LINEAGE OF PHOTOTROPHIC GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA FROM PUFLM GENE ANALYSES ...................