High rate of uptake of organic nitrogen compounds by Prochlorococcus cyanobacteria as a key to their dominance in oligotrophic oceanic waters.

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Published in Appl Environ Microbiol on February 01, 2003

Authors

Mikhail V Zubkov1, Bernhard M Fuchs, Glen A Tarran, Peter H Burkill, Rudolf Amann

Author Affiliations

1: Southampton Oceanography Centre, Southampton SO14 3ZH, United Kingdom. mvz@soc.soton.ac.uk

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