High rate of uptake of organic nitrogen compounds by Prochlorococcus cyanobacteria as a key to their dominance in oligotrophic oceanic waters

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 1299-1304

  Zubkov, Mikhail V ^a   Fuchs, Bernhard M ^c   Tarran, Glen A ^b   Burkill, Peter H ^a   Amann, Rudolf ^c  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; MARINE BIOLOGY; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

MARINE CYANOBACTERIA;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ORGANONITROGEN DERIVATIVE; SEA WATER;

BACTERIOPLANKTON; CYANOBACTERIUM; DOMINANCE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; ORGANIC NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOSYSTEM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MINERALIZATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; CYANOBACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT DYES; METHIONINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PLANKTON; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SULFUR RADIOISOTOPES;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 0037313141     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.2.1299-1304.2003     Document Type: Article

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