Climate change affects key nitrogen-fixing bacterial populations on coral reefs

ISME Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2272-2279

  Santos, Henrique F ^a,b   Carmo, Flávia L ^a   Duarte, Gustavo ^a   Dini Andreote, Francisco ^b   Castro, Clovis B ^a,c   Rosado, Alexandre S ^a,c   Van Elsas, Jan Dirk ^b   Peixoto, Raquel S ^a,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Instituto Coral Vivo   (Brazil)

Author keywords

climate change; coral reef; diazotrophs; Mussismilia harttii; nitrogen cycle

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOINDICATOR; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FITNESS; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN FIXATION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MUSSISMILIA HARTTII;

NITROGENASE REDUCTASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL REEF; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NITROGEN FIXATION; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL REEFS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN FIXATION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84908255380     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2014.70     Document Type: Article

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