Ecological Physiology of Synechococcus sp. Strain SH-94-5, a Naturally Occurring Cyanobacterium Deficient in Nitrate Assimilation

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 3002-3009

  Miller, Scott R ^a,b   Castenholz, Richard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FRESH WATER; NITRATE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRITE; NITRITE REDUCTASE; NTCA PROTEIN, SYNECHOCOCCUS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRATE REDUCTASES; NITRATES; NITRITE REDUCTASES; NITRITES; PHYLOGENY; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0035407647     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.7.3002-3009.2001     Document Type: Article

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