Iron utilization in marine cyanobacteria and eukaryotic algae

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue MAR, 2012, Pages

  Morrissey, Joe ^a,b   Bowler, Chris ^a,b  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Algae; Cyanobacteria; Diatoms; Genomics; Iron; Phytoplankton; Prasinophytes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870811653     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00043     Document Type: Article

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