Modes of active inorganic carbon uptake in the cyanobacterium, Synechococcus sp. PCC7942

Price, Graeme (Dean); Maeda, S; Omata, Tatsuo; Badger, Murray

Modes of active inorganic carbon uptake in the cyanobacterium, Synechococcus sp. PCC7942

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2002

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Price, Graeme (Dean)

Maeda, S

Omata, Tatsuo

Badger, Murray

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CSIRO Publishing

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Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) have evolved a remarkable environmental adaptation for survival at limiting CO2 concentrations. The adaptation is known as a CO2 concentrating mechanism, and functions to actively transport and accumulate inorganic carbon

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Keywords: Adenosinetriphosphate; Bacteria; Carbon dioxide; Hydration; Photosynthesis; Transporter family; Plants (botany); carbon fixation; cyanobacterium; inorganic carbon; algae; Bacteria (microorganisms); Chlorophyta; Cyanobacteria; Synechococcus; Synechococcus Carboxysomes; CO2 concentrating mechanism; Cyanobacteria; Genes; Photosynthesis; Transporters

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/90758

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Functional Plant Biology

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