Heterotroph Interactions Alter Prochlorococcus Transcriptome Dynamics during Extended Periods of Darkness

mSystems

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2018, Pages

  Biller, Steven J ^a   Coe, Allison ^a   Roggensack, Sara E ^a   Chisholma, Sallie W ^b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Interactions; Prochlorococcus,

Indexed keywords

EID: 85056532092     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23795077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MSYSTEMS.00040-18     Document Type: Article

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