Iron Uptake by toxic and nontoxic strains of Microcystis aeruginosa

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 7068-7071

  Fujii, Manabu ^a   Rose, Andrew L ^b,c   David Waite, T ^c  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON UPTAKE; MICROCYSTINS; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; UPTAKE KINETICS; UPTAKE RATE; WILD TYPES;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

IRON; MICROCYSTIN; SIDEROPHORE;

BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENETIC ENGINEERING; IRON; REACTION KINETICS; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ARTICLE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROCYSTIS; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM;

IRON; MICROCYSTINS; MICROCYSTIS; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SIDEROPHORES;

EID: 82955227632     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.05270-11     Document Type: Article

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