Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Two Diazotrophic Bacteria in the Chesapeake Bay

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 2186-2192

  Short, Steven M ^a   Jenkins, Bethany D ^a   Zehr, Jonathan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOASSAY; GENES; NITROGEN FIXATION; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIUM; COASTAL WATER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIOPLANKTON; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE SEQUENCE; NIFH GENE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SALINITY; SEA; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER SAMPLING;

BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; FRESH WATER; GENE DOSAGE; GENES, BACTERIAL; NITROGEN FIXATION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEAWATER; UNITED STATES;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 13944281842     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.4.2186-2192.2004     Document Type: Article

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