Cyanobacterial assimilatory nitrate reductase gene diversity in coastal and oligotrophic marine environments

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2083-2095

  Jenkins, Bethany D ^a   Zehr, Jonathan P ^b   Gibson, Angela ^b   Campbell, Lisa ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; NITRATE REDUCTASE; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

CLASSIFICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; NITRATE REDUCTASE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEAWATER; SYNECHOCOCCUS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

CYANOBACTERIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 33750900772     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2006.01084.x     Document Type: Article

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