Carbon isotope fractionation by photosynthetic aquatic microorganisms: Experiments with Synechococcus PCC7942, and a simple carbon flux model

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1109-1118

  Erez, Jonathan ^a   Bouevitch, Anne ^a   Kaplan, Aaron ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Carbon concentrating mechanism; Carbon isotope fractionation; CO2; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM CULTURE; CARBON; CARBON 13; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON DIOXIDE CONCENTRATING MECHANISM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPE LABELING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MODEL; PH; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; TRACER;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 0032408569     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjb-76-6-1109     Document Type: Article

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