Novel analysis of oceanic surface water metagenomes suggests importance of polyphosphate metabolism in oligotrophic environments

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Temperton, Ben ^a,d   Gilbert, Jack A ^b,c   Quinn, John P ^a   McGrath, John W ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXOPOLYPHOSPHATE; POLYPHOSPHATE; POLYPHOSPHATE KINASE 1; POLYPHOSPHATE KINASE 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PHOSPHATE; SEA WATER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIOPLANKTON; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METAGENOME; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHATE METABOLISM; SEA SURFACE WATERS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WATER ANALYSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

ENVIRONMENT; GENES, BACTERIAL; METAGENOME; PHOSPHATES; POLYPHOSPHATES; SEAWATER;

EID: 79551564459     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016499     Document Type: Article

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