Nitrogen fixation at 92°C by a hydrothermal vent archaeon

Science

Volumn 314, Issue 5806, 2006, Pages 1783-1786

  Mehta, Mausmi P ^a   Baross, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; MICROORGANISMS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; NITROGEN FIXATION; OCEAN HABITATS; RNA;

HYDROTHERMAL VENT ARCHAEON; HYPERTHERMOPHILIC NITROGEN FIXER; SUBSEAFLOOR BIOSPHERE;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

MESSENGER RNA; NITRITE; NITROGEN; RNA 16S;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; HYDROTHERMAL VENT COMMUNITY; METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM; NITROGEN FIXATION; RNA; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOSPHERE; DEEP SEA; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; HYDROTHERMAL VENT SPECIES; HYPERTHERMOPHILIC ARCHAEON; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; METHANOGENIC ARCHAEON; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEA; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; GENES, ARCHAEAL; GENES, RRNA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HEAT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGENASE; OPERON; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ARCHAEA; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII DSM 2661;

EID: 33845719945     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1134772     Document Type: Article

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