Aerobic nitrogenase activity measured as acetylene reduction in the marine non-heterocystous cyanobacterium Trichodesmium spp. grown under artificial conditions

K. Ohki1, Yoshihiko Fujita1
1Department of Cell Biology, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan

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