Nitrogen fixation and transfer in open ocean diatom-cyanobacterial symbioses

ISME Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1484-1493

  Foster, Rachel A ^a,b   Kuypers, Marcel M M ^b   Vagner, Tomas ^b   Paerl, Ryan W ^a   Musat, Niculina ^b   Zehr, Jonathan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

cyanobiont; diatoms; N 2 fixation; nanoSIMS; symbioses

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

CELL ORGANELLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT TYPE; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; ION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MUTUALISM; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; OPEN OCEAN; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESOLUTION;

ARTICLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIATOM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

CYANOBACTERIA; DIATOMS; NITROGEN FIXATION; SEAWATER; SYMBIOSIS;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CALOTHRIX; CYANOBACTERIA; RICHELIA;

EID: 80052066963     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2011.26     Document Type: Article

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