Co-occurrence of phycocyanin- and phycoerythrin-rich Synechococcus in subtropical estuarine and coastal waters of Hong Kong

Environmental Microbiology Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 90-99

  Liu, Hongbin ^a   Jing, Hongmei ^a,b   Wong, Thomas H C ^a   Chen, Bingzhang ^a,c  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FRESH WATER; PHYCOCYANIN; PHYCOERYTHRIN; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HONG KONG; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FRESH WATER; HONG KONG; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYCOCYANIN; PHYCOERYTHRIN; PHYLOGENY; SEAWATER; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 84892649726     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.12111     Document Type: Article

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