Requirement of Nickel as an Essential Micronutrient for the Utilization of Urea in the Marine Cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 177-184

  Sakamoto, Toshio ^a,b   Bryant, Donald A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cyanobacterium; nickel; nitrogen metabolism; urease

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005359905     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.2001.177     Document Type: Article

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