Molybdenum isotope fractionation by cyanobacterial assimilation during nitrate utilization and N2fixation

Geobiology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 94-106

  Zerkle, A L ^a   Scheiderich, K ^a   Maresca, J A ^b   Liermann, L J ^c   Brantley, S L ^c  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPE; MOLYBDENUM; NITRATE;

CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH RATE; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MARINE SEDIMENT; MOLYBDENUM; NITRATE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC MATTER;

ANABAENA VARIABILIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; METABOLISM; NITROGEN FIXATION; SEA; SEDIMENT;

ANABAENA VARIABILIS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; ISOTOPES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLYBDENUM; NITRATES; NITROGEN FIXATION; OCEANS AND SEAS;

ANABAENA VARIABILIS; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 78650128766     PISSN: 14724677     EISSN: 14724669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4669.2010.00262.x     Document Type: Article

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