Reevaluation of the nitrogen fixation behavior in the marine non-heterocystous cyanobacterium Lyngbya majuscula

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 310-314

  Lundgren, Pernilla ^a   Bauer, Karolina ^a   Lugomela, Charles ^a,b   Söderbäck, Erik ^a   Bergman, Birgitta ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Indian Ocean; Lyngbya majuscula; nifH; Nitrogenase; Zanzibar

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NITROGEN FIXATION;

TANZANIA; ZANZIBAR;

CYANOBACTERIA; LYNGBYA MAJUSCULA;

EID: 0037386957     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.2003.02080.x     Document Type: Article

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