The demise of the marine cyanobacterium, Trichodesmium spp., via an autocatalyzed cell death pathway

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 49, Issue 4 I, 2004, Pages 997-1005

  Berman Frank, Ilana ^a,b   Bidle, Kay D ^a   Haramaty, Liti ^a   Falkowski, Paul G ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); TRICHODESMIUM; TRICHODESMIUM ERYTHRAEUM;

EID: 3843055570     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2004.49.4.0997     Document Type: Article

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