Diversity of Synechococcus and Prochlorococcus populations determined from DNA sequences of the N-regulatory gene ntcA

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1200-1211

  Penno, Sigrid ^a,b   Lindell, Debbie ^a,b,c   Post, Anton F ^a,b  

^a The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science Eilat   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; NITROGEN; NTCA PROTEIN, SYNECHOCOCCUS; RNA 16S; SEA WATER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; INDIAN OCEAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SEASON; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENOTYPE; INDIAN OCEAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEASONS; SEAWATER; SYNECHOCOCCUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

CYANOBACTERIA; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 33745163916     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2006.01010.x     Document Type: Article

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