Nitrogen fixation and nitrogenase (nifH) expression in tropical waters of the eastern North Atlantic

ISME Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1201-1212

  Turk, Kendra A ^a   Rees, Andrew P ^b   Zehr, Jonathan P ^a   Pereira, Nicole ^a,b   Swift, Paul ^c   Shelley, Rachel ^d   Lohan, Maeve ^d   Woodward, E Malcolm S ^b   Gilbert, Jack ^b,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^e ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic; Cape Verde; molecular; nifH; nitrogen fixation; nitrogenase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLL A; IRON; NITROGENASE; SEA WATER;

BIOASSAY; CHLOROPHYLL; CLONE; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT BUDGET; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REAL TIME; SAMPLING; SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; CAPE VERDE; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYLOGENY; PROTEOBACTERIA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAPE VERDE; CHLOROPHYLL; CYANOBACTERIA; GENE LIBRARY; IRON; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGENASE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEOBACTERIA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEAWATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); CAPE VERDE;

CYANOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; TRICHODESMIUM;

EID: 79959594481     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2010.205     Document Type: Article

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