Photophysiology of the marine cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus: Ecotypic differences among cultured isolates

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 3 I, 1999, Pages 628-638

  Moore, Lisa R ^a   Chisholm, Sallie W ^b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROCHLOROCOCCUS;

EID: 0032950018     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1999.44.3.0628     Document Type: Article

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