Iron deficiency increases growth and nitrogen-fixation rates of phosphorus-deficient marine cyanobacteria

ISME Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 238-245

  Garcia, Nathan S ^a,c   Fu, Feixue ^a   Sedwick, Peter N ^b   Hutchins, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Old Dominion University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROCOSPHAERA; CYANOBACTERIA; TRICHODESMIUM;

IRON; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SEA WATER;

CYANOBACTERIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; SEA;

CYANOBACTERIA; HUMANS; IRON; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHOSPHORUS; SEAWATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84927696680     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2014.104     Document Type: Article

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