Phylogenetic diversity of nitrogenase (nifH) genes in deep-sea and hydrothermal vent environments of the Juan de Fuca Ridge

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 960-970

  Mehta, Mausmi P ^a   Butterfield, David A ^b   Baross, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; NITROGEN FIXATION; PROTEINS;

PHYLOGENETIC DIVERSITY;

MICROBIOLOGY;

AMMONIA; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NITROGENASE; PRIMER DNA; SEA WATER; SULFATE;

HYDROTHERMAL VENT; PHYLOGENETICS;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP SEA; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; HYPOTHESIS; METHANOCOCCUS THERMOLITHOTROPHICUS; MICROFLORA; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEDIMENTATION; TEMPERATURE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; UNITED STATES; VOLCANO;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; COLD; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; HEAT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGENASE; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; PROTEOBACTERIA; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIA; CLOSTRIDIUM; METHANOCOCCUS; METHANOTHERMOCOCCUS THERMOLITHOTROPHICUS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 0346195660     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.2.960-970.2003     Document Type: Article

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