Community-level analysis of psbA gene sequences and irgarol tolerance in marine periphyton

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 897-906

  Eriksson, K M ^a,c   Clarke, A K ^a   Franzen, L G ^b   Kuylenstierna, M ^c   Martinez, K ^d   Blanck, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b HALMSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTIONS; ANTIFOULING COMPOUNDS; CLONE LIBRARIES; CONTINUOUS FLOWS; D1 PROTEINS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATIONS; GENE SEQUENCES; IRGAROL-1051; LAND PLANTS; MECHANISM OF ACTIONS; METAGENOME; PERIPHYTON; PERIPHYTON COMMUNITIES; PHOTOSYNTHETIC ELECTRON TRANSPORTS; PHOTOSYSTEM; RELATIVE ABUNDANCES; SELECTION PRESSURES; SHORT-TERM TESTS; SPECIES COMPOSITIONS; TOLERANCE MECHANISMS; WEST COASTS;

AMINATION; AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CLONING; DEGRADATION; GENE ENCODING; GENES; ORGANIC ACIDS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEAWATER;

MARINE POLLUTION;

AMINO ACID; ANTIFOULING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; INHIBITION; PERIPHYTON; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; PROTEIN; SEAWATER;

ALGAE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA, ALGAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG TOLERANCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SWEDEN; TRIAZINES;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 59949087740     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01830-08     Document Type: Article

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