Adaptation to Nutrient Availability in Marine Microorganisms by Gene Gain and Loss

Handbook of Molecular Microbial Ecology II: Metagenomics in Different Habitats

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 269-276

  Martiny, Adam C ^a   Huang, Ying ^b   Li, Weizhong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioinformatic approach, in gene ortholog; Nutrient availability, gene gain, loss; Phosphate acquisition genes, Synechococcus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869857584     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118010549.ch26     Document Type: Chapter

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