Lack of control of nitrite assimilation by ammonium in an oceanic Picocyanobacterium, Synechococcus sp. strain WH 8103

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 3028-3033

  Wyman, Michael ^a   Bird, Clare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CELL GROWTH; ENZYMES; GENE ENCODING; GENE EXPRESSION; SURFACE WATERS;

CYANOBACTERIA; GLOBAL NITROGEN CONTROL; NITRATE REDUCTASE (NARB); NITRITE ASSIMILATION;

BACTERIA;

AMMONIA; NITRATE REDUCTASE;

AMMONIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NITRITE; NITROGEN; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL GROWTH; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYANOBACTERIUM; DOWN REGULATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRITES; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNECHOCOCCUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

CYANOBACTERIA; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 34248182854     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02606-06     Document Type: Article

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