Comparison of the light-limited growth of the nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria Anabaena and Aphanizomenon

New Phytologist

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 579-587

  De Nobel, W T ^a   Matthijs, Hans C P ^a   Von Elert, Eric ^b   Mur, Luuc R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Competition; Cyanobacteria; Light limitation; Nitrogen fixation; PSI:PSII stoichiometry

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM I; PHOTOSYSTEM II;

CYANOBACTERIA; GROWTH; LIGHT LIMITATION; NITROGEN FIXATION;

ANABAENA; APHANIZOMENON; APHANIZOMENON FLOS-AQUAE;

EID: 0031901068     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1998.00155.x     Document Type: Article

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