Growth, nitrogen fixation, and Nodularin production by two Baltic Sea cyanobacteria

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1647-1656

  Lehtimäki, Jaana ^a   Moisander, Pia ^b,c   Sivonen, Kaarina ^a   Kononen, Kaisa ^b  

^a Div Microbiol PO Box 56 B   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NITROGEN; NODULARIN; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CYANOBACTERIUM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

BIOLOGICAL POISONS; BLOOM; BLOOMS; CYANOBACTERIA; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULARIN;

BALTIC SEA;

ANIMALIA; APHANIZOMENON FLOS AQUAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; FLOS; NODULARIA SPUMIGENA;

EID: 0030618576     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.5.1647-1656.1997     Document Type: Article

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