Massive multiplication of genome and ribosomes in dormant cells (akinetes) of Aphanizomenon ovalisporum (Cyanobacteria)

ISME Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 670-679

  Sukenik, Assaf ^a   Kaplan Levy, Ruth N ^a   Welch, Jessica Mark ^b   Post, Anton F ^b  

^a The Yigal Allon Kinneret Limnological Laboratory   (Israel)

^b MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

akinetes; cyanobacteria; fluorescence in situ hybridization; laser microdissection microscopy; polyphosphate; polyploidy

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CELL ORGANELLE; CHROMOSOME; CYANOBACTERIUM; FLUORESCENCE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENOME; METABOLISM; MICROSCOPY; NUCLEIC ACID; PHOSPHATE; POLYPLOIDY; TOXICITY;

APHANIZOMENON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; GENE DOSAGE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; POLYPLOIDY; RIBOSOME; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS;

APHANIZOMENON; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE DOSAGE; GENOME, BACTERIAL; POLYPLOIDY; RIBOSOMES; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS;

APHANIZOMENON; APHANIZOMENON OVALISPORUM; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 84857123002     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2011.128     Document Type: Article

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