Oscillatoria limnetica

Oscillatoria limnetica is a species of freshwater cyanobacteria in the genus Oscillatoria.[2][3] It is a facultative anaerobic organism, so it uses hydrogen sulfide for a hydrogen source in photosynthesis when it is abundant or when in anaerobic conditions; in aerobic conditions, it uses water instead.[4][5] It is of interest in phylogeny of cyanobacteria because its usage of aerobic and anaerobic hydrogen sources shows that both are compatible. It is being studied as evidence of species' changes from using hydrogen sulfide to water.[6][7]

Oscillatoria limnetica
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Cyanobacteria
Class: Cyanophyceae
Order: Oscillatoriales
Family: Oscillatoriaceae
Genus: Oscillatoria
Species:
O. limnetica
Binomial name
Oscillatoria limnetica
Lemmermann 1900[1]

References
  1. Lemmermann, E. (1900). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Planktonalgen. X. Diagnosen neuer Schwebalgen. Berichte der deutsche botanischen Gesellschaft 18: 306-310
  2. "Oscillatoria limnetica Lemmermann :: Algaebase". www.algaebase.org. Retrieved 2019-01-28.
  3. "ITIS Standard Report Page: Oscillatoria limnetica". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2019-01-28.
  4. Cohen, Y; Padan, E; Shilo, M (September 1975). "Facultative anoxygenic photosynthesis in the cyanobacterium Oscillatoria limnetica". Journal of Bacteriology. 123 (3): 855–861. doi:10.1128/jb.123.3.855-861.1975. ISSN 0021-9193. PMC 235807. PMID 808537.
  5. Arieli, Boaz (5 January 1991). "Sulfide-induced Sulfide-Quinone Reductase Activity in Thylakoids of Oscillatoria limnetica*" (PDF). The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 266: 104–111.
  6. Armstrong, Joseph E. (2014). How the Earth Turned Green. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226069777.
  7. Oren, A; Padan, E (February 1978). "Induction of anaerobic, photoautotrophic growth in the cyanobacterium Oscillatoria limnetica". Journal of Bacteriology. 133 (2): 558–563. doi:10.1128/jb.133.2.558-563.1978. ISSN 0021-9193. PMC 222058. PMID 415043.
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