High diversity of diazotrophs in the forefield of a receding alpine glacier

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 179-190

  Duc, Laurence ^a   Noll, Matthias ^a,b   Meier, Brigitte E ^a   Bürgmann, Helmut ^a,c   Zeyer, Josef ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b BAM FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TESTING   (Germany)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; NITROGENASE REDUCTASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOBACTER; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ICE COVER; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOT; POACEAE; SWITZERLAND; TIME;

ALTITUDE; ASTERACEAE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOBACTER; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; ICE COVER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN FIXATION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOTS; POACEAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SWITZERLAND; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 58149093894     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-008-9408-5     Document Type: Article

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