Depth related amino acid uptake by Prochlorococcus cyanobacteria in the Southern Atlantic tropical gyre

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 153-161

  Zubkov, Mikhail V ^a   Tarran, Glen A ^b   Fuchs, Bernhard M ^c  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flow cytometric sorting; Isotopic tracer bioassay; Marine bacterioplankton; Marine phytoplankton; Mixotrophy

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; LEUCINE; METHIONINE;

AMINO ACID; BACTERIOPLANKTON; DEPTH; MIXOTROPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON; REMINERALIZATION; TURNOVER;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DILUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOMASS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; LEUCINE; METHIONINE; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; RADIOISOTOPES; SEAWATER; STAINING AND LABELING; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA; PROCHLOROCOCCUS;

EID: 8144219976     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsec.2004.06.009     Document Type: Article

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