Cellular interactions: Lessons from the nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1024-1035

  Thompson, Anne W ^a   Zehr, Jonathan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Ecology; Nitrogen fixation; Nitrogenase; Symbioses

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA; PROTISTA; TRICHODESMIUM;

EID: 84889664870     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpy.12117     Document Type: Review

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