Urease gene sequences from algae and heterotrophic bacteria in axenic and nonaxenic phytoplankton cultures

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 625-634

  Baker, Kristopher M ^a   Gobler, Christopher J ^a   Collier, Jackie L ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algal bacterial interactions; Aureococcus anophagefferens; Intron; Nannochloropsis gaditana; Phaeodactylum tricornutum; Pseudoisochrysis paradoxa; Thalassiosira oceanica; Thalassiosira pseudonana; Urea; Urease

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; AUREOCOCCUS ANOPHAGEFFERENS; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; EUSTIGMATOPHYCEAE; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; HAPTOPHYCEAE; MARINOBACTER; NANNOCHLOROPSIS GADITANA; PHAEODACTYLUM TRICORNUTUM; PSEUDOISOCHRYSIS PARADOXA; ROSEOVARIUS; THALASSIOSIRA OCEANICA; THALASSIOSIRA PSEUDONANA;

EID: 66749104697     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2009.00680.x     Document Type: Article

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