Nitrogen fixation in distinct microbial niches within a chemoautotrophy-driven cave ecosystem

ISME Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2411-2423

  Desai, Mahesh S ^a,b   Assig, Karoline ^a   Dattagupta, Sharmishtha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Beggiatoa biofilms; chemoautotrophy; Niphargus; nitrogen fixation; sulfidic sediment; thiothrix ectosymbionts

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; NITROGENASE;

BIOASSAY; BIOFILM; CARBON CYCLE; CAVE; CHEMOAUTOTROPHY; DEEP-SEA ORGANISM; GENE EXPRESSION; HETEROTROPHY; HYDROTHERMAL VENT COMMUNITY; KARSTIFICATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NICHE; NITROGEN FIXATION; PROTEOMICS; SYMBIOSIS;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CAVE; CHEMOAUTOTROPHY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; ITALY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; SEDIMENT;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIOFILMS; CAVES; CHEMOAUTOTROPHIC GROWTH; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; ITALY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; NITROGENASE;

ANCONA; FRASASSI CAVES; ITALY; MARCHE;

AMPHIPODA; AZOARCUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BEGGIATOA; DESULFOVIBRIO; GEOBACTER; NIPHARGUS; PROTEOBACTERIA; THIOTHRIX;

EID: 84888205478     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2013.126     Document Type: Article

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