Phosphorus scavenging in the unicellular marine diazotroph Crocosphaera watsonii

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 1452-1458

  Dyhrman, Sonya T ^a   Haley, Sheean T ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GENES; MARINE BIOLOGY; NITROGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SCAVENGING;

DIAZOTROPH CROCOSPHAERA WATSONII; MARINE DIAZOTROPHS; PHOSPHORUS BIOAVAILABILITY; PHOSPHORUS SCAVENGING;

PHOSPHORUS;

PHOSPHORUS; SCAVENGER;

BACTERIUM; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; CROCOSPHAERA WATSONII; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIAZOTIZATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HYDROLYSIS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHATE METABOLISM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TROPICS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; CYANOBACTERIA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MARINE BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN FIXATION; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHOSPHATE-BINDING PROTEINS; PHOSPHORUS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CROCOSPHAERA WATSONII; CYANOBACTERIA; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS; TRICHODESMIUM;

EID: 33144466920     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.72.2.1452-1458.2006     Document Type: Article

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