Ultrastructural characterisation of cells specialised for nitrogen fixation in a non-heterocystous cyanobacterium, Trichodesmium spp.

Protoplasma

Volumn 197, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 76-85

  Fredriksson, C ^a   Bergman, B ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cell differentiation; Immunolocalisation; Nitrogenase; Non heterocystous cyanobacteria; Trichodesmium; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA; TRICHODESMIUM; TRICHODESMIUM ERYTHRAEUM; TRICHODESMIUM TENUE;

EID: 0030896359     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01279886     Document Type: Article

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