Diversity, distribution, and expression of diazotroph nifH genes in oxygen-deficient waters of the Arabian Sea

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 597-606

  Jayakumar, Amal ^a   Al Rshaidat, Mamoon M D ^b   Ward, Bess B ^a   Mulholland, Margaret R ^b  

^a Old Dominion University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Arabian Sea; nifH gene diversity and expression; Nitrogen fixation; Oxygen deficient zone

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; NITROGENASE REDUCTASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; OXYGEN; SEA WATER;

CYANOBACTERIUM; DENITRIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIATION; INHIBITION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; OXIC CONDITIONS; OXYGEN MINIMUM LAYER; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; DENITRIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEA;

BACTERIA; CYANOBACTERIA; DENITRIFICATION; GENETIC VARIATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXYGEN; PHYLOGENY; SEAWATER;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN;

CYANOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; TRICHODESMIUM;

EID: 84869875777     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2012.01430.x     Document Type: Article

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