Trichodesmium - a widespread marine cyanobacterium with unusual nitrogen fixation properties

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 286-302

  Bergman, Birgitta ^a   Sandh, Gustaf ^a,d   Lin, Senjie ^b   Larsson, John ^a   Carpenter, Edward J ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Cyanobacteria; Diazocytes; Genome evolution; N2 fixation; Nutrient stress

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ADAPTATION; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIAZOCYTE; ECOSYSTEM; MARINE BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; REVIEW; TRICHODESMIUM;

CYANOBACTERIA; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; NITROGEN FIXATION; SEAWATER;

CYANOBACTERIA; TRICHODESMIUM;

EID: 84876128159     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: 15746976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2012.00352.x     Document Type: Review

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