Ni uptake and limitation in marine Synechococcus strains

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-31

  Dupont, Christopher L ^a   Barbeau, Katherine ^b   Palenik, Brian ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GEOSCIENCES RESEARCH DIVISION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; GENE ENCODING; NITRATES; OXIDES;

MARINE SYNECHOCOCCUS; NI UPTAKE; SUPEROXIDE;

NICKEL;

AMMONIA; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; NICKEL; NITRATE; NITROGEN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UREASE;

AMMONIA; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; GROWTH RATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NICKEL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOACCUMULATION; COASTAL WATERS; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; MARINE BACTERIUM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SODB GENE; SODN GENE; STARVATION; STOICHIOMETRY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; STRESS; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS STRAIN CC9311; SYNECHOCOCCUS WH8102;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; NICKEL; NITRATES; NITROGEN; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SEAWATER; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SYNECHOCOCCUS; UREA; UREASE;

CYANOBACTERIA; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 37849004108     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01007-07     Document Type: Article

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