Analysis of ammonium transporter and urease gene expression in Aureoumbra lagunensis

Harmful Algae

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 549-556

  Agostoni, Marco ^a   Erdner, Deana L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aureoumbra; Brown tide; Gene expression; Harmful algal bloom; Nitrogen assimilation; Storage specialist; Urea

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; AUREOUMBRA; AUREOUMBRA LAGUNENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79957482927     PISSN: 15689883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2011.04.007     Document Type: Article

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