Phosphorus deprivation responses and phosphonate utilization in a thermophilic Synechococcus sp. from microbial mats

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 8171-8184

  Adams, Melissa M ^a   Gómez García, María R ^a   Grossman, Arthur R ^a   Bhaya, Devaki ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CHLOROPHYLL A; PHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHORUS; PHYCOBILIPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; MICROBIAL MAT; NONHUMAN; PHN GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULON; SYNECHOCOCCUS; UPREGULATION;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ECOSYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HOT SPRINGS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHORUS; REGULON; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; SYNECHOCOCCUS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

CYANOBACTERIA; OCTOPUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 57349162193     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01011-08     Document Type: Article

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