Nitrogen fixation in endolithic cyanobacterial communities of the McMurdo Dry Valley, Antarctica

ScienceAsia

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 215-219

  Banerjee, Meenakshi ^a   Verma, Vidhi ^a  

^a BARKATULLAH UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aerobic and anaerobic conditions; Chroococcidiopsis; Nitrogenase activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350093174     PISSN: 15131874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2306/scienceasia1513-1874.2009.35.215     Document Type: Article

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