Characterization of nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria in the Brazilian Amazon floodplain

Water Research

Volumn 39, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 5017-5026

  Fiore, Marli De Fátima ^a,b   Neilan, Brett A ^c   Copp, Janine N ^c   Rodrigues, Jorge L M ^a   Tsai, Siu M ^a   Lee, Hung ^b   Trevors, Jack T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Amazon floodplain; Cyanobacteria; N2 fixation

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; FLOODS; GROWTH KINETICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NITROGEN FIXATION; RNA; SEDIMENTS;

16S RRNA; AMAZON FLOODPLAIN; FLOODPLAIN BACTERIA; N2 FIXATION;

BACTERIA;

ACETYLENE; RIBOSOME RNA;

CYANOBACTERIUM; FLOODPLAIN; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NITROGEN FIXATION;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CALOTHRIX; CYANOBACTERIUM; CYLINDROSPERMUM; ECOSYSTEM; FISCHERELLA; FLOODPLAIN; MORPHOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NOSTOC; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; RNA SEQUENCE;

AMAZON RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CALOTHRIX; CYANOBACTERIA; CYLINDROSPERMUM; FISCHERELLA; FISCHERELLA SP.; NOSTOC; NOSTOC MUSCORUM; NOSTOC PISCINALE;

EID: 28844459349     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2005.10.002     Document Type: Article

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