Oxygen and the light-dark cycle of nitrogenase activity in two unicellular cyanobacteria

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 54-62

  Compaoré, Justine ^a   Stal, Lucas J ^a,b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NITROGENASE; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHOTOPERIODICITY; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ACETYLENE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYANOBACTERIA; LIGHT; NITROGENASE; OXYGEN; PHOTOPERIOD;

CROCOSPHAERA WATSONII; CYANOBACTERIA; GLOEOTHECE SP.;

EID: 73349097868     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.02034.x     Document Type: Article

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