Dark Carbon Fixation in the Columbia River's Estuarine Turbidity Maxima: Molecular Characterization of Red-Type cbbL Genes and Measurement of DIC Uptake Rates in Response to Added Electron Donors

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1073-1083

  Brauer S L ^a,b   Kranzler, K ^b   Goodson, N ^a   Murphy, D ^b   Simon, H M ^b   Baptista, A M ^b   Tebo, B M ^b  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autotrophy; Bacteria; Carbon fixation; cbbL; Estuary; Mn oxidation; qPCR; RuBisCO

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84881544099     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-013-9603-6     Document Type: Note

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