Cyanobacteria vs green algae: which group has the edge?

This article comments on: Ji X, Verspagen JMH, Stomp M, Huisman J. 2017. Competition between cyanobacteria and green algae at low versus elevated CO2: who will win, and why? Journal of Experimental Botany 68, 3815–3828.

• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Journal of Experimental Botany

• Publication date

  2017-06-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Chemistry, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1093/jxb/erx226PMID 28911057PMCID 5853802
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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• carbon dioxide (co2)

  chemical compounds

  The carbon source whose concentration is varied in the comparison between the two groups.

  Aliases: CO2

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• competition

  ecological interactions

  The ecological interaction between cyanobacteria and green algae that is the subject of the commented paper.

  Aliases: competitive interaction

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• cyanobacteria

  organisms

  Photosynthetic prokaryotes discussed as one of the competitors in the CO2 comparison.

  Aliases: blue-green algae

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• elevated co2

  conditions

  The higher-carbon-dioxide condition used in the comparison of growth or dominance.

  Aliases: high CO2, elevated carbon dioxide

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• green algae

  organisms

  Photosynthetic eukaryotic algae discussed as the other competitor in the CO2 comparison.

  Aliases: chlorophytes

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• low co2

  conditions

  The lower-carbon-dioxide condition used in the comparison of growth or dominance.

  Aliases: low carbon dioxide

  박진우 (dztg5apj7m) extractionB (s683577b42) reviewAK (4715169a40) review

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