Diversity and expression of nitrogen fixation genes in bacterial symbionts of marine sponges

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2910-2921

  Mohamed, Naglaa M ^a   Colman, Albert S ^a,b   Tal, Yossi ^a   Hill, Russell T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NITROGEN; NITROGENASE REDUCTASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEOBACTERIA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPONGE (PORIFERA); SYMBIOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; FLORIDA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORIFERA; PROTEOBACTERIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; IRCINIA STROBILINA; MYCALE; PROTEOBACTERIA; TRICHODESMIUM;

EID: 52949128704     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01704.x     Document Type: Article

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