Phytoplankton in the ocean use non-phosphorus lipids in response to phosphorus scarcity

Nature

Volumn 458, Issue 7234, 2009, Pages 69-72

  Van Mooy, Benjamin A S ^a   Fredricks, Helen F ^a   Pedler, Byron E ^a,j   Dyhrman, Sonya T ^a   Karl, David M ^b   Koblížek, Michal ^c,d   Lomas, Michael W ^e   Mincer, Tracy J ^a   Moore, Lisa R ^f   Moutin, Thierry ^g   Rappé, Michael S ^h   Webb, Eric A ⁱ  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^e BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Bermuda)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

^g AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOLIPID; PHOSPHORUS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYANOBACTERIUM; GROWTH RESPONSE; LIPID; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANKTON;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; LIPID MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH); SARGASSO SEA;

CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 62149152391     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07659     Document Type: Article

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