Prochlorococcus, a marine photosynthetic prokaryote of global significance

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 106-127

  Partensky, F ^a   Hess, W R ^b   Vaulot, D ^a  

^a STATION BIOLOGIQUE   (France)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; CHLOROPHYLL A; CHLOROPHYLL B; PHYCOERYTHRIN; ZEAXANTHIN;

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL CYCLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; CYTOARCHITECTURE; GROWTH RATE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENT CELL; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; PROKARYOTE; REVIEW; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033009854     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.63.1.106-127.1999     Document Type: Review

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