Potential photosynthesis gene recombination between Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus via viral intermediates

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1505-1513

  Zeidner, Gil ^a   Bielawski, Joseph P ^b   Shmoish, Michael ^a   Scanlan, David J ^c   Sabehi, Gazalah ^a   Béjà, Oded ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PHOTOSYSTEM II, PSBA SUBUNIT; PSBDI PROTEIN, CYANOBACTERIA; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; PROPHAGE; SYNECHOCOCCUS; VIROLOGY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOPHAGES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; PHYLOGENY; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; PROPHAGES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEAWATER; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

CYANOBACTERIA; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 22544481110     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2005.00833.x     Document Type: Article

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