Growth and nitrogen fixation of the diazotrophic filamentous nonheterocystous cyanobacterium Trichodesmium sp. IMS 101 in defined media: Evidence for a circadian rhythm

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 916-923

  Chen, Yi Bu ^a   Zehr, Jonathan P ^a   Mellon, Mark ^a  

^a Research Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

artificial seawater medium; circadian rhythm; cyanobacteria; nitrogen fixation; nitrogenase; Trichodesmium

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA; TRICHODESMIUM; TRICHODESMIUM SP.; TRICHODESMIUM SP. IMS101;

EID: 0030467947     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3646.1996.00916.x     Document Type: Article

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