Nitrogen fixation by a marine non-heterocystous cyanobacterium requires a heterotrophic bacterial consort

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1185-1193

  Li, Zhongkui ^a,c   Yu, Jingjie ^a   Kim, Kyoung Rae ^b   Brand, Jerry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; DIURON; HERBICIDE; NITROGEN; NITROGENASE; NITROGENASE REDUCTASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SEA WATER; CULTURE MEDIUM;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYANOBACTERIUM; DARKNESS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HETEROTROPHY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACETYLENE; ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; CULTURE MEDIA; CYANOBACTERIA; DARKNESS; DIURON; HERBICIDES; HETEROTROPHIC PROCESSES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGENASE; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHOTOPERIOD; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEAWATER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEPTOLYNGBYA;

EID: 77953562428     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02159.x     Document Type: Article

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