Dependence of the cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus on hydrogen peroxide scavenging microbes for growth at the ocean's surface

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Morris, J J ^a   Johnson, Zackary I ^b   Szul, Martin J ^a   Keller, Martin ^c   Zinser, Erik R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; SURFACE WATER;

ADAPTATION; ALTEROMONAS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; EXTANT SPECIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SEA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIOTA; CYANOBACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYMBIOSIS;

ALTEROMONAS SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROCHLOROCOCCUS;

EID: 80052318679     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016805     Document Type: Article

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