Light dependency of nitrogen fixation in a coastal cyanobacterial mat

ISME Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1077-1088

  Severin, Ina ^a   Stal, Lucas J ^a,b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Action spectra; Cyanobacteria; Daynight cycles; Light response curves; Microbial mat; Nitrogen fixation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NITROGEN; NITROGENASE; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CHEMISTRY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPECTROSCOPY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYANOBACTERIA; LIGHT; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGENASE; NORTH SEA; SEAWATER; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 53849088540     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2008.63     Document Type: Article

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