In situ identification and N2 and C fixation rates of uncultivated cyanobacteria populations

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 259-271

  Krupke, Andreas ^a   Musat, Niculina ^a,c   LaRoche, Julie ^b,d   Mohr, Wiebke ^b,e   Fuchs, Bernhard M ^a   Amann, Rudolf I ^a   Kuypers, Marcel M M ^a   Foster, Rachel A ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

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

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CARD FISH; Cyanobacteria; HISH SIMS; NanoSIMS; UCYN A; UCYN B

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CARBON; CARBON 13; NITROGEN; NITROGEN 15; RNA 16S; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; CARBON FIXATION; CATALYZED REPORTER DEPOSITION FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; CROCOSPHAERA WATSONII; CYANOBACTERIUM; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; EUKARYOTIC CELL; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HALOGEN IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NIFH GENE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84877812321     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: 16180984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2013.02.002     Document Type: Article

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