Occurrence of phosphate acquisition genes in Prochlorococcus cells from different ocean regions

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1340-1347

  Martiny, Adam C ^a   Huang, Ying ^b   Li, Weizhong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATE; SEA WATER;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SEA;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; CYANOBACTERIA; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GEOGRAPHY; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHOSPHATES; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SEAWATER;

PROCHLOROCOCCUS;

EID: 66649098780     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.01860.x     Document Type: Article

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