Study of nitrogen fixation in microbial communities of oil-contaminated marine sediment microcosms

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1834-1843

  Musat, Florin ^a   Harder, Jens ^a   Widdel, Friedrich ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; NITROGENASE; NITROGENASE REDUCTASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PETROLEUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CYANOBACTERIA; GENE LIBRARY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGENASE; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PETROLEUM; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 33748323077     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2006.01069.x     Document Type: Article

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