Acclimation of cyanobacterial communities in rice fields and response of nitrogenase activity to light regime

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 147-155

  Quesada, A ^a   Nieva, M ^a   Leganes F ^a   Ucha, A ^a   Martin M ^a   Prosperi, C ^a,b   Fernandez Valiente E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NITROGENASE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RICE; SPAIN;

EID: 0031953096     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002489900069     Document Type: Article

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