Nitrogen fixation and photosynthetic oxygen evolution in cyanobacteria

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 157-164

  Berman Frank, Ilana ^a,c   Lundgren, Pernilla ^b   Falkowski, Paul ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Nitrogen fixation; Nitrogenase; Photosynthesis; Trichodesmium

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; NITROGEN; NITROGENASE; OXYGEN;

ADAPTATION; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENT; ENZYME STRUCTURE; EVOLUTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; MORPHOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SHORT SURVEY;

CYANOBACTERIA; TRICHODESMIUM;

EID: 0037388041     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(03)00029-9     Document Type: Short Survey

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