Active nitrogen-fixing heterotrophic bacteria at and below the chemocline of the central Baltic Sea

ISME Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1413-1423

  Farnelid, Hanna ^a   Bentzon Tilia, Mikkel ^b   Andersson, Anders F ^c   Bertilsson, Stefan ^d   Jost, Günter ^e   Labrenz, Matthias ^e   Jürgens, Klaus ^e   Riemann, Lasse ^a,b  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; chemocline; nifH; nitrogen fixation; oxic anoxic interface; pyrosequencing

Indexed keywords

NITROGENASE REDUCTASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SEA WATER;

ABUNDANCE; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HETEROTROPHY; NITROGEN FIXATION; OXIC CONDITIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYLOGENY; SEA;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CYANOBACTERIA; NITROGEN FIXATION; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; SEAWATER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; BORNHOLM BASIN; GOTLAND BASIN; GOTLAND DEEP;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 84880919938     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2013.26     Document Type: Article

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