Bacterial life and dinitrogen fixation at a gypsum rock

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 7070-7077

  Boison, Gudrun ^a,b   Mergel, Alexander ^a   Jolkver, Helena ^a   Bothe, Hermann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; ENZYMES; GENES; GYPSUM; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; ROCKS;

DINITROGEN FIXATION; GYPSUM ROCKS; PYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; SUSPENSION CULTURES;

BACTERIA;

CALCIUM SULFATE; MOLYBDENUM NITROGENASE 2; NITROGENASE; RNA 16S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GYPSUM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN FIXATION;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANABAENA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CHROOCOCCIDIOPSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE SEQUENCE; LIGHT INTENSITY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXYGEN TENSION; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ROCK; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

CALCIUM SULFATE; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECOSYSTEM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN FIXATION; NOSTOC; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

ANABAENA; ANABAENA VARIABILIS; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHROOCOCCIDIOPSIS; CYANOBACTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 10444250375     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.12.7070-7077.2004     Document Type: Article

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