Marine bacteria and biogeochemical cycling of iron in the oceans

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-11

  Tortell, Philippe D ^a   Maldonado, Maria T ^b   Granger, Julie ^b   Price, Neil M ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Iron chemistry; Iron cycling; Marine bacterium

Indexed keywords

IRON; IRON BINDING PROTEIN; SEA WATER; SIDEROPHORE;

BACTERIUM; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; IRON; PHYTOPLANKTON;

BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CYANOBACTERIUM; IRON METABOLISM; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEA; WATER ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032925831     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(98)00113-5     Document Type: Review

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