Genome analysis of marine photosynthetic microbes and their global role

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 191-198

  Hess, Wolfgang R ^a  

^a Ocean Genome Legacy   (United States)

Author keywords

Chl; chlorophyll; ribosomal RNA; rRNA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BIOSPHERE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBON CYCLING; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METABOLITE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEA POLLUTION;

BACTERIOPHAGES; CARBON; CYANOBACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GENOME; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MODELS, GENETIC; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEAWATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; PHOTOBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 2942582577     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2004.03.007     Document Type: Review

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