Constitutive extracellular polysaccharide (EPS) production by specific isolates of Crocosphaera watsonii

Unicellular dinitrogen (N2) fixing cyanobacteria have only recently been identified in the ocean and recognized as important contributors to global N2 fixation. The only cultivated representatives of the open ocean unicellular diazotrophs are multiple isolates of Crocosphaera watsonii. Although co...

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Main Authors: Jill A Sohm, Bethanie R Edwards, Brian G Wilson, Eric A Webb
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2011-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2011.00229/full