Diel rhythmicity in amino acid uptake by Prochlorococcus

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2124-2131

  Mary, Isabelle ^a   Garczarek, Laurence ^b   Tarran, Glen A ^c   Kolowrat, Christian ^b   Terry, Matthew J ^d   Scanlan, David J ^e   Burkill, Peter H ^a,f,g   Zubkov, Mikhail V ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE ROSCOFF   (France)

^c PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^f THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEUCINE; METHIONINE; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCHLOROCOCCUS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; LEUCINE; METHIONINE; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SEAWATER;

PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 64749106503     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01633.x     Document Type: Article

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