Environmental factors influencing the nitrogen fixation activity of free-living terrestrial cyanobacteria from a high arctic area, Spitsbergen

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 573-581

  Liengen, Turid ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anabaena sp.; Cyanobacteria; High arctic; Nitrogen fixation; Nostoc commune

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; GLUTAMIC ACID; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UREA;

CYANOBACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; NITROGEN FIXATION; SALTMARSH;

ANABAENA; ARCTIC CLIMATE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DARKNESS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LIGHT; METABOLIC INHIBITION; METABOLIC RATE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NOSTOC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ARCTIC;

ANABAENA; NOSTOC COMMUNE; PUCCINELLIA;

EID: 0033306523     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w99-040     Document Type: Article

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