Torn apart and reunited: Impact of a heterotroph on the transcriptome of Prochlorococcus

ISME Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 2831-2843

  Biller, Steven J ^a   Coe, Allison ^a   Chisholm, Sallie W ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GROWTH RATE; HETEROTROPHY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

ALTEROMONAS MACLEODII; PROCHLOROCOCCUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; SEA WATER; TRANSCRIPTOME;

CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HETEROTROPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SEA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; HETEROTROPHIC PROCESSES; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SEAWATER; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84976330796     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2016.82     Document Type: Article

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