Ecological genomics of marine picocyanobacteria

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 249-299

  Scanlan, D J ^a   Ostrowski, M ^a   Mazard, S ^a   Dufresne, A ^b,c,d   Garczarek, L ^b,c   Hess, W R ^e   Post, A F ^f,g   Hagemann, M ^h   Paulsen, I ⁱ   Partensky, F ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE ROSCOFF   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^f The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science Eilat   (Israel)

^g MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

ⁱ MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; COPPER; IRON; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PROTEIN NTCA; PROTEIN PII; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR; TRACE METAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

CARBON FIXATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MAPPING; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; MARINE BACTERIUM; METAGENOMICS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOACCLIMATIZATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PICOCYANOBACTERIUM; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; REVIEW; RNA GENE; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 66749151555     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MMBR.00035-08     Document Type: Review

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