Only iron-limited cells of the cyanobacterium Anabaena flos-aquae inhibit growth of the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 436-442

  Matz, Carlyn J ^a,b   Christensen, Michael R ^a,c   Bone, Auralee D ^a   Gress, Courtney D ^a   Widenmaier, Scott B ^a   Weger, Harold G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anabaena; Chlamydomonas; Cocultivation; Iron limitation; Micronutrients; siderophores

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ALGAE; CELL CULTURE; CULTIVATION; GROWTH KINETICS; IRON;

COCULTIVATION; EXOGENOUS IRON;

BACTERIA;

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CYANOBACTERIUM; GREEN ALGA; SIDEROPHORE;

ALGAE; ANABAENA; ANABAENA FLOS-AQUAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; FLOS;

EID: 3042700395     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b04-022     Document Type: Article

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