Indole-3-acetic acid is produced by Emiliania huxleyi coccolith-bearing cells and triggers a physiological response in bald cells

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue JUN, 2016, Pages

  Labeeuw, Leen ^a   Khey, Joleen ^a   Bramucci, Anna R ^a   Atwal, Harjot ^a   De La Mata, A Paulina ^a   Harynuk, James ^a   Case, Rebecca J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Algae; Auxin; Cell type; Coccolith; Emiliania huxleyi; Haptophyte; Indole 3 acetic acid (IAA); Phytohormone

Indexed keywords

INDOLEACETIC ACID; TRYPTOPHAN;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ALGAL INTERACTION; BALD CELL; BIOMASS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL FUNCTION; CELLS; CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE; COCCOLITH BEARING CELL; EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HAPTOPHYTA; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; ROSEOBACTER; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 85032070771     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00828     Document Type: Article

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