Direct and indirect costs of dinitrogen fixation in Crocosphaera watsonii WH8501 and possible implications for the nitrogen cycle

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue JUL, 2012, Pages

  Großkopf, Tobias ^a   LaRoche, Julie ^a,b  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crocosphaera watsonii; Diazotrophic niches; Dinitrogen fixation; Marine heterotrophic diazotrophy; Nitrate; Nitrogen cycle; Oxygen minimum zone

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875235537     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00236     Document Type: Article

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