Iron utilization in marine cyanobacteria and eukaryotic algae

Iron is essential for aerobic organisms. Additionally, photosynthetic organisms must maintain the iron-rich photosynthetic electron transport chain, which likely evolved in the iron-replete Proterozoic ocean. The subsequent rise in oxygen since those times has drastically decreased the levels of bi...

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Main Authors: Joe eMorrissey, Chris eBowler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2012.00043/full