Nitrate is reduced by heterotrophic bacteria but not transferred to Prochlorococcus in non-axenic cultures

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 151-160

  López Lozano, Antonio ^a   Diez, Jesús ^a   El Alaoui, Sabah ^a   Moreno Vivián, Conrado ^a   García Fernández, Jose Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cyanobacterium; Marine phytoplankton; Nitrate reductase; Nitrogen assimilation; Prochlorococcus

Indexed keywords

DITHIONITE; NITRATE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; PARAQUAT;

BACTERIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CODON USAGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; GENE FREQUENCY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCHLOROCOCCUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; PROCHLOROCOCCUS;

EID: 0036346052     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(02)00297-0     Document Type: Article

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