An immunological approach to detect phosphate stress in populations and single cells of photosynthetic picoplankton

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2411-2420

  Scanlan, David J ^a   Silman, Nigel J ^a,c   Donald, Kirsten M ^a   Wilson, William H ^a   Carr, Noel G ^a   Joint, Ian ^b   Mann, Nicholas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PLANKTON; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; PROKARYOTA; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP. PCC 6301;

EID: 0030923197     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.6.2411-2420.1997     Document Type: Article

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