Nitrogen fixation in microbial mat and stromatolite communities from Cuatro Cienegas, Mexico

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 363-373

  Falcon L I ^a   Cerritos, R ^a   Eguiarte, L E ^a   Souza, V ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; MEXICO; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY;

BACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; MEXICO; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYLOGENY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROBI; CYANOBACTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 34547562330     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-007-9240-3     Document Type: Article

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