Modeling the dynamic regulation of nitrogen fixation in the cyanobacterium Trichodesmium sp.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 3217-3227

  Rabouille, Sophie ^a,b   Staal, Marc ^a   Stal, Lucas J ^a   Soetaert, Karline ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; CARBON; CELL CULTURE; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENZYME KINETICS; METABOLISM; STOICHIOMETRY;

DYNAMIC REGULATION; IRRADIANCE; MARINE CYANOBACTERIUM; NITROGENASE;

NITROGEN FIXATION;

CARBON; NITROGEN; NITROGENASE;

CARBON; CYANOBACTERIUM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METABOLISM; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOMASS; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYANOBACTERIUM; GROWTH RATE; LIGHT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; TRICHODESMIUM;

CARBON; CULTURE MEDIA; CYANOBACTERIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LIGHT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGENASE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

TRICHODESMIUM SP.;

EID: 33646537773     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.72.5.3217-3227.2006     Document Type: Article

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