Comparison of diazotroph community structure in Lyngbya sp. and Microcoleus chthonoplastes dominated microbial mats from Guerrero Negro, Baja, Mexico

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 305-308

  Omoregie, Enoma O ^a   Crumbliss, Lori L ^a   Bebout, Brad M ^b   Zehr, Jonathan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyanobacterial mat; Lyngbya; Microcoleus; nifH; Nitrogen fixation; Nitrogenase; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; NITROGEN; NITROGENASE;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL MAT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOASSAY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HALOTHECE; LYNGBYA; MEXICO; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL MAT; MICROCOLEUS CHTHONOPLASTES; MICROORGANISM; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR; GUERRERO NEGRO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

CYANOBACTERIA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; HALOTHECE; LYNGBYA; MICROCOLEUS; MICROCOLEUS CHTHONOPLASTES; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 1542271375     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(03)00301-5     Document Type: Article

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