New perspectives on nitrogen-fixing microorganisms in tropical and subtropical oceans

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 68-73

  Zehr, Jonathan P ^a   Carpenter, Edward J ^b   Villareal, Tracy A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENE; BENTHOS; GEOLOGY; MICROORGANISM; MICROSCOPY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OCEANIC REGIONS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMBIOSIS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

BACTERIA; CYANOBACTERIA; NITROGEN FIXATION; OCEANS AND SEAS; SEAWATER; SYMBIOSIS; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0033955677     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-842X(99)01670-4     Document Type: Review

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