Hydrogen cycling by the unicellular marine diazotroph crocosphaera watsonii strain WH8501∇

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 6797-6803

  Wilson, Samuel T ^a,b   Tozzi, Sasha ^a,c,d   Foster, Rachel A ^a,c   Ilikchyan, Irina ^a,c   Kolber, Zbigniew S ^a,c,d   Zehr, Jonathan P ^a,c   Karl, David M ^a,b  

^a Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; DIEL CYCLES; DINITROGEN; ENERGY CAPTURE; EQUIMOLAR RATIO; FIXATION PROCESS; HYDROGEN CYCLING; HYDROGENASES; MARINE CYANOBACTERIUM; METABOLIC PROCESS; POTENT INHIBITOR; PRODUCTION RATES; REPETITION RATE; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT; TIGHT COUPLING;

ACETYLENE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHLOROPHYLL; HYDROGEN; LAKES; PORPHYRINS; SOLAR ENERGY; STOICHIOMETRY;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

ACETYLENE; HYDROGEN; OXYGEN;

ACETYLENE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHLOROPHYLL A; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIEL VARIATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ELECTRON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUOROMETRY; HYDROGEN; INHIBITOR; LABORATORY METHOD; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; NITROGEN FIXATION; SOLAR POWER; STOICHIOMETRY;

ARTICLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; FLUOROMETRY; METABOLISM; NITROGEN FIXATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

ACETYLENE; CYANOBACTERIA; FLUOROMETRY; HYDROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN;

CROCOSPHAERA WATSONII;

EID: 77958567876     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01202-10     Document Type: Article

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