Consortial N2 fixation: A strategy for meeting nitrogen requirements of marine and terrestrial cyanobacterial mats

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 149-156

  Steppe, T F ^a   Olson, J B ^a   Paerl, H W ^a   Litaker, R W ^a   Belnap, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

cryptobiotic soil crust; marine microbial mat; microbial consortia; N2 fixation; nifH gene; polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

NITROGENASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL MICROFLORA;

ARA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCOLEUS;

CYANOBACTERIA; CYANOBACTERIAL MAT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; NITROGEN FIXATION; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0030274126     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(96)00047-5     Document Type: Article

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