Diversity of nitrogen-fixing bacteria in cyanobacterial mats

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 514-525

  Severin, Ina ^a   Acinas, Silvia G ^b   Stal, Lucas J ^a,c  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; diversity; gene expression; microbial mat; nitrogen fixation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DINITROGENASE REDUCTASE; RNA 16S;

BARRIER ISLAND; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIATION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL MAT; NITROGEN FIXATION;

ARTICLE; BACTEROIDETES; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; NETHERLANDS; NITROGEN FIXATION; PROTEOBACTERIA;

BACTEROIDETES; BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYANOBACTERIA; DINITROGENASE REDUCTASE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE LIBRARY; NETHERLANDS; NITROGEN FIXATION; PROTEOBACTERIA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

FRIESLAND; FRISIAN ISLANDS; NETHERLANDS; SCHIERMONNIKOOG; WEST FRISIAN ISLANDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; CYANOBACTERIA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 77955253234     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.00925.x     Document Type: Article

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