Nitrogen-fixation strategies and Fe requirements in cyanobacteria

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2260-2269

  Berman Frank, Ilana ^a   Quigg, Antonietta ^b   Finkel, Zoe V ^c   Irwin, Andrew J ^c   Haramaty, Liti ^d  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

^c MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; IRON; NITROGEN FIXATION; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE;

ANABAENA; CYANOBACTERIA; CYANOTHECE; PHOTOBACTERIA; TRICHODESMIUM;

EID: 35348932201     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2007.52.5.2260     Document Type: Article

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