Utilisation of leucine by several phytoplankton species

Limnologica

Volumn 38, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 360-366

  Kamjunke, Norbert ^a   Tittel, Jörg ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Algae; Amino acids; Bacteria; Competition; Cyanobacteria; DOC; Leucine; Mixotrophy

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CHLOROPHYLL; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYANOBACTERIUM; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HETEROTROPHY; LIMNOLOGY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ALGAE; ANKISTRODESMUS GRACILIS; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; EUGLENIDA;

EID: 56749153183     PISSN: 00759511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.limno.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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