The biosynthesis of cyanobacterial sunscreen scytonemin in intertidal microbial mat communities

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 322-332

  Balskus, Emily P ^a   Case, Rebecca J ^b   Walsh, Christopher T ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Microbial mat; Scytonemin; Secondary metabolite biosynthesis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PIGMENT; SCYTONEMIN; SEA WATER;

ALGA; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CYANOBACTERIUM; DOMINANCE; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; MARINE TECHNOLOGY; METABOLITE; MICROBIAL MAT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOAUTOTROPHY; PHYLOGENETICS; PIGMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOMASS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE;

BIOMASS; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, RRNA; INDOLES; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHENOLS; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; SEAWATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; LYNGBYA; LYNGBYA AESTUARII;

EID: 79960170930     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01113.x     Document Type: Article

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