Production of glycine betaine and dimethylsulfoniopropionate in marine phytoplankton. I. Batch cultures

Marine Biology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 237-248

  Keller, M D ^a   Kiene, R P ^b   Matrai, P A ^a   Bellows, W K ^a  

^a BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM CULTURE; BETAINE; DIMETHYLSULFONIOPROPRIONATE;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; DIMETHYLSULFONIOPROPIONATE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHYTOPLANKTON;

AMPHIDINIUM CARTERAE; CHRYSOCHROMULINA; EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; PROROCENTRUM MINIMUM; SKELETONEMA COSTATUM; TETRASELMIS;

EID: 0032706807     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270050621     Document Type: Article

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