Photoheterotrophic Marine Prokaryotes

Microbial Ecology of the Oceans: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 131-157

  Béjà, Oded ^a   Suzuki, Marcelino T ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Marine AAnP bacteria habitats and diversity; Photoheterotrophic marine prokaryotes; Proteorhodopsin containing prokaryotes and ecological significance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891296973     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470281840.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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