Revisiting N2 fixation in Guerrero Negro intertidal microbial mats with a functional single-cell approach

ISME Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 485-496

  Woebken, Dagmar ^a,b,c,g   Burow, Luke C ^a,b   Behnam, Faris ^c   Mayali, Xavier ^d   Schintlmeister, Arno ^c   Fleming, Erich D ^b,h   Prufert Bebout, Leslie ^b   Singer, Steven W ^e   Cortés, Alejandro López ^f   Hoehler, Tori M ^b   Pett Ridge, Jennifer ^d   Spormann, Alfred M ^a   Wagner, Michael ^c   Weber, Peter K ^d   Bebout, Brad M ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

^g Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science Division of Microbial Ecology   (Austria)

^h CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY CHANNEL ISLANDS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INHIBITOR; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MICROBIAL MAT; NITROGEN FIXATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM;

BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR; GUERRERO NEGRO; LAGUNA OJO DE LIEBRE; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

CYANOBACTERIA; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; LYNGBYA;

DINITROGENASE REDUCTASE;

BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MEXICO; NITROGEN FIXATION; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CYANOBACTERIA; DINITROGENASE REDUCTASE; ECOSYSTEM; MEXICO; NITROGEN FIXATION; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84921610735     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2014.144     Document Type: Article

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