The importance of siderophores in iron nutrition of heterotrophic marine bacteria

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 3 I, 1999, Pages 541-555

  Granger, Julie ^a,b   Price, Neil M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; IRON; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; SIDEROPHILE ELEMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0032959353     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1999.44.3.0541     Document Type: Article

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