Ultradian growth in Prochlorococcus spp.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1066-1069

  Shalapyonok, Alexi ^a   Olson, Robert J ^a   Shalapyonok, Ludmila S ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL DIVISION; GROWTH RATE; PROKARYOTE; ULTRADIAN RHYTHM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL CYCLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; PROKARYOTE;

PROCHLOROCOCCUS;

EID: 0031910884     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.3.1066-1069.1998     Document Type: Article

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