Effect of phosphorus on the Synechococcus cell cycle in surface mediterranean waters during summer

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2527-2533

  Vaulot, Daniel ^a   LeBot, Nathalie ^a   Marie, Dominique ^a   Fukai, Eri ^b  

^a STATION BIOLOGIQUE   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PHOSPHORUS; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; SUMMER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

CYANOBACTERIA; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0029669838     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.7.2527-2533.1996     Document Type: Article

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