Detection and expression of the phosphonate transporter gene phnD in marine and freshwater picocyanobacteria

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1314-1324

  Ilikchyan, Irina N ^a   McKay, R Michael L ^a   Zehr, Jonathan P ^b   Dyhrman, Sonya T ^c   Bullerjahn, George S ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; FRESH WATER; PHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FRESH WATER; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHONIC ACIDS; PHYLOGENY; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 65349154502     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.01869.x     Document Type: Article

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