Diazotrophic diversity in the Caribbean coral, Montastraea cavernosa

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 195, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 853-859

  Olson, Nathan D ^a,b   Lesser, Michael P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coral holobiont; Montastraea cavernosa; nifH; Nitrogen fixation

Indexed keywords

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL; CYANOBACTERIUM; CYANOTHECE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MONTASTRAEA CAVERNOSA; NIFH GENE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CARIBBEAN REGION; CYANOBACTERIA; GENETIC VARIATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; OXIDOREDUCTASES;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ANTHOZOA; CYANOBACTERIA; CYANOTHECE; MONTASTRAEA CAVERNOSA; OTUS;

EID: 84890313473     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: 1432072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-013-0937-z     Document Type: Article

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