Phylogenetic diversity and spatio-temporal distribution of nitrogenase genes (nifH) in the northern South China Sea

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-27

  Kong, Liangliang ^a   Jing, Hongmei ^a   Kataoka, Takafumi ^a   Sun, Jun ^b   Liu, Hongbin ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Diazotrophs; nifH gene; Phylogenetic diversity; qPCR; South China Sea

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; TRICHODESMIUM;

EID: 80054090227     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame01531     Document Type: Article

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