Regulation of nitrogen fixation by different nitrogen sources in the filamentous non-heterocystous cyanobacterium Microcoleus sp.

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-15

  Sroga, Grazyna E ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyanobacterium; Microcoleus sp.; Nitrogen fixation; Nitrogenase

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM SULFATE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; NITROGEN; NITROGENASE; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; SODIUM NITRATE; UREA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACETYLENE; CYANOBACTERIA; DARKNESS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGENASE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; UREA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MICROCOLEUS SP.;

EID: 0030762176     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00178-X     Document Type: Article

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