Stimulation of growth by proteorhodopsin phototrophy involves regulation of central metabolic pathways in marine planktonic bacteria

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 35, 2014, Pages

  Palovaara, Joakim ^a,d   Akram, Neelam ^a,e   Baltar, Federico ^a,f   Bunse, Carina ^a   Forsberg, Jeremy ^a   Pedrós Alió, Carlos ^b   González, José M ^c   Pinhassi, Jarone ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e Department of Biosciences COMSATS Institute of Information Technology ^*  (Pakistan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Gene expression regulation; Microbial ecology; Quantitative PCR

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE PCR;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BICARBONATES; BIOMASS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; FLAVOBACTERIACEAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LIGHT; MARINE BIOLOGY; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; PHOTOTROPHIC PROCESSES; PLANKTON; RHODOPSIN; SEAWATER;

EID: 84907227908     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1402617111     Document Type: Article

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