Bioenergetic processes are modified during nitrogen starvation and recovery in Phormidium laminosum (Cyanophyceae)

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 258-265

  Ochoa De Alda, Jesús A G ^a   Tapia, María I ^a   Llama, María J ^a   Serra, Juan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

cyanobacteria; nitrogen metabolism; nitrogen starvation; Phormidium laminosum; photosynthesis; respiration

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA; PHORMIDIUM LAMINOSUM;

EID: 5244316555     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3646.1996.00258.x     Document Type: Article

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