Bacterial diversity, pigments and nitrogen fixation of biological desert crusts from the Sultanate of Oman

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 418-428

  Abed, Raeid M M ^a   Al Kharusi, Samiha ^a   Schramm, Angela ^b   Robinson, Michael D ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acetylene reduction rate; Biological desert crusts; Clone libraries; Cyanobacteria; Nitrogen fixation; Pigments

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLL A; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; RNA 16S; SCYTONEMIN;

ABUNDANCE; ACETYLENE; ARID REGION; CHLOROPHYLL A; CLONE; CRUST; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; LOAMY SAND; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN FIXATION; PH; PIGMENT; SILTY SOIL; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL TEXTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DESERT CLIMATE; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; OMAN; PHYLOGENY;

ACETYLENE; BIODIVERSITY; CHLOROPHYLL; CYANOBACTERIA; DESERT CLIMATE; GENE LIBRARY; GEOGRAPHY; INDOLES; NITROGEN FIXATION; OMAN; PHENOLS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

OMAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; GEMMATIMONAS; MICROCOLEUS VAGINATUS; NOSTOC; PLANCTOMYCETES; SCYTONEMA;

EID: 77951948934     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.00854.x     Document Type: Article

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