Distribution of Mycosporine-Like Amino Acids Along a Surface Water Meridional Transect of the Atlantic

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 320-333

  Llewellyn, Carole A ^a   White, Daniel A ^a   Martinez Vincente, Victor ^a   Tarran, Glen ^a   Smyth, Tim J ^a  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CYCLOHEXANOL DERIVATIVE; CYCLOHEXANONE DERIVATIVE; CYCLOHEXYLAMINE DERIVATIVE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GLYCINE; MYCOSPORINE 2 GLYCINE; MYCOSPORINE-2-GLYCINE; PORPHYRA 334; PORPHYRA-334; SEA WATER; SHINORINE;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CHEMISTRY; CYANOBACTERIUM; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACIDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CYANOBACTERIA; CYCLOHEXANOLS; CYCLOHEXANONES; CYCLOHEXYLAMINES; GLYCINE; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SEAWATER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; DINOPHYCEAE; EUKARYOTA; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; PROCHLOROCOCCUS SP.; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.; TRICHODESMIUM;

EID: 84864369806     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-012-0038-6     Document Type: Article

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