Swimming marine Synechococcus strains with widely different photosynthetic pigment ratios form a monophyletic group

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 5247-5251

  Toledo, Gerardo ^a   Palenik, B ^a   Brahamsha, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; PIGMENT;

CYANOBACTERIUM; GENETIC VARIATION; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 0032710402     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.12.5247-5251.1999     Document Type: Article

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