Use of inorganic and organic nitrogen by Synechococcus spp. and diatoms on the west Florida shelf as measured using stable isotope probing

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 6662-6670

  Wawrik, Boris ^a   Callaghan, Amy V ^a   Bronk, Deborah A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATION; COMPLEX NETWORKS; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; FLORIDA; GLUTAMIC ACID; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; ORGANIC NITROGEN; PRIMARY AMINES; QUANTITATIVE PCR; STABLE-ISOTOPE PROBING; SYNECHOCOCCUS; TRACER TECHNIQUE; UPTAKE RATE;

AMINATION; AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; CENTRIFUGATION; DISSOLUTION; DNA; GENES; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; ISOTOPES; METABOLISM; NITROGEN; NUCLEIC ACIDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; PHYTOPLANKTON; RECYCLING; SEAWATER; UREA;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

AMINE; AMMONIA; INORGANIC NITROGEN; NITRATE; NITROGEN 15; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC NITROGEN; STABLE ISOTOPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

AMINO ACID; DIATOM; FRACTIONATION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEAWATER; STABLE ISOTOPE; TAXONOMY;

AMINE TRANSPORT; AMMONIUM UPTAKE; ARTICLE; DIATOM; DNA EXTRACTION; NITRATE UPTAKE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

CENTRIFUGATION, DENSITY GRADIENT; DIATOMS; DNA; DNA, BACTERIAL; FLORIDA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBULOSE-BISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAINING AND LABELING; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FLORIDA SHELF;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 70350518286     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01002-09     Document Type: Article

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